Welcome to the World of Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Just for a moment, try and imagine this.  You are 36 years old, you drive a race car for a living and you have won 13 total races at Daytona (top-five all-time)—apparently without talent. You’ve swept the weekend at Bristol, but don’t possess the mentality to be aggressive behind the wheel.  You won two consecutive Nationwide Championships, but you are an average driver.   You were ranked the 24th Greatest Driver in Nascar’s first 60 years by the same media that has compared you to Ryan Leaf. Welcome to the world of Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Your Nationwide winning percentage is better than Saturday superstar Kevin Harvick’s. You have more Cup victories than Kahne, Harvick, Biffle, Newman, Curtis...

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