Dale Earnhardt Jr.: NASCAR Media Can’t Have It Both Ways

For the past two seasons, the NASCAR media has been telling us that Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s struggles at Hendrick Motorsports have little to do with the crew chief and everything to do with Junior. Now that he is running well and in the Chase for the Championship, they are telling us that it has little to do with Junior and everything to do with crew chief Steve Letarte. Well, folks...you can’t have it both ways. From Hinton to Menzer to Larry Mac, the NASCAR media has been more than willing to take aim at Earnhardt Jr.’s performance.  Questions have arisen about Junior’s desire, talent, attitude, in-car communication and even his fitness. And while each member of the media has a different hypothesis for preci...

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