Is It Panic Time for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2014 NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup?

It's shaping up to be a really big week for Dale Earnhardt Jr. He's already begun celebrating his 40th birthday, even though the big day isn't actually until this Friday. And there is this 2014 NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup deal too, with arguably one of the biggest races of Earnhardt's career on tap for this Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. To say it's panic time for Earnhardt and his No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports team might be an understatement or an overstatement, depending on who's doing the talking. But this much is certain: Earnhardt's special 2014 season—and it has been special, beginning with his season-opening win in the Daytona 500—is in very real jeopardy of being tarnished by an early exit from the Chase....

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