Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Wins Dangling Before His Eyes, Only to Be Ripped Away

Remember on the night of the Sprint All-Star race when FOX reporter, Darrell Waltrip, referred that the race was as if the money being dangled in front of the drivers face for them to reach out and grab? It's come down to where it seems as if each race falls under these circumstances for Dale Earnhardt Jr., minus of course, the million dollars. But in all seriousness, every finish is a fight for Dale Jr. And not just your casual "gotta finish first" thoughts of every driver on the track, his fight to finish first is become more and more apparent as the weeks go on. Let's head back to the first race of the 2011 season: Daytona. It all started out with grabbing the pole of the Daytona 500, exactly 10 years after the death of hi...

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