Is Dale Jr.’s Dream Sprint Cup Season Over?

When Dale Earnhardt Jr. opened the season with a win in the Daytona 500, it set into motion a series of events that many believed would result in Junior's first Sprint Cup Series championship. In the weeks following Junior's second Daytona 500 victory, he posted a second-place finish at Phoenix, another runner-up finish at Las Vegas, and two weeks later he finished third at Martinsville. Two races after that, when Junior finished second to Kevin Harvick at Darlington, it was obvious that Junior was going to be a force to reckon with in 2014. He's made every effort to back that up in the weeks since. He's won both Pocono races, for one. Keep in mind that Pocono was never one of Junior's best tracks, with 11 top 10s in his previous 28 starts....

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