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CUP: Jr. Confident At 'Dega

Dale Earnhardt Jr. believes it's "about time for us to win one here at Talladega."He's right.With the strength of Hendrick Motorsports behind him — and a history of five wins and half his 26 career starts here resulting in top 10 finishes — it's understandable that Earnhardt is brimming with confidence at Talladega Superspeedway."Really have had a lot of success here, a lot of great runs," said Earnhardt, who rolls off 12th on Sunday."Always feel confident when we come here that we are going to have a good car, going to know how to use it, and I think we feel that way coming in this weekend. We had a great run at Daytona (where he finished second in February)."Our confidence level is real good, real high. Just looking forward to getting a little practice in, make sure everything is working the way it is supposed to. Probably won't run a whole lot, but the weather here is going to be odd all weekend. Hopefully, we get an opportunity to race on Sunday and go to Victory Lane. We really fe...

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