Dale Earnhardt Jr. Is Getting His Groove Back in Las Vegas

Dale Earnhardt Jr. may have extended his winless streak to 132 races, but he did something we haven't seen in several years by leading the second-most number of laps in the Kobalt Tools 400.Tony Stewart, the race winner, led 127 of the 267 laps, including the final one when he took the checkered flag.Earnhardt headed to the lead after the green flag waved and led 70 laps in the beginning of the race. It was one more reason to give credence to the fact that Junior is confident and close to winning.Tire strategy and losing the clean air found him running around the top 10 for much of the race, but in the end he finished 10th and moved to fourth in points, one marker higher than last week.The driver of the National Guard/Diet Mo...

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