Where Does Dale Earnhardt Jr. Rank Among Top Drivers After 2014 Daytona 500 Win?

Dale Earnhardt Jr. hasn't come down from the clouds after winning his second Daytona 500, and who can blame him? In fact, he's taken Junior Nation and all of NASCAR along for the ride. You know Brian France, chairman and CEO of NASCAR, remains downright giddy about the nearly perfect way the 2014 season has begun. In fact, take the record Daytona 500 rain delay of six hours, 22 minutes out of the equation, and Earnhardt's victory in NASCAR's premier race could not have been scripted more to France's liking. France even joked—and yes, it was a joke—to columnist Tom Sorensen of the Charlotte Observer prior to the 500 that, as Sorensen wrote, "If he had a secret Dale Jr. lever that would have enabled Earnhardt to win, he would have...

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