Dale Earnhardt Jr's 130-race winless streak was going to come to an end at Phoenix on Sunday. Almost every NASCAR fan out there could feel it. All the pieces were in place. Junior was coming off a runner-up finish in the season-opening Daytona 500, and Sunday's race at Phoenix was supposed to be even better. Throughout Speedweeks, Earnhardt talked about how excited he was to get to Phoenix, because he liked his chances there better than Daytona. All that was left to do was go out and prove it on Sunday. But 312 laps later, Junior Nation saw his winless streak reach 131. "There just wasn't a lot of grip out there," Earnhardt said after the race. "We had to be patient and get whatever we could, because we were really sliding the rig...

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Dale Earnhardt Jr's 130-race winless streak was going to come to an end at Phoenix on Sunday. Almost every NASCAR fan out there could feel it. All the pieces were in place. Junior was coming off a runner-up finish in the season-opening Daytona 500, and Sunday's race at Phoenix was supposed to be even better. Throughout Speedweeks, Earnhardt talked about how excited he was to get to Phoenix, because he liked his chances there better than Daytona. All that was left to do was go out and prove it on Sunday. But 312 laps later, Junior Nation saw his winless streak reach 131. "There just wasn't a lot of grip out there," Earnhardt said after the race. "We had to be patient and get whatever we could, because we were really sliding the rig...

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