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document.write($AllStarArticleAdContent);Dale Earnhardt Jr. remembers the good times at Charlotte Motor Speedway.He was just 10 when his father competed in the inaugural All-Star Race in 1985. Over the next 15 seasons, Earnhardt Sr. won three of the events and three Coca-Cola 600s.With Senior's success and the Earnhardt clan hailing from just up the road in Kannapolis, it's understandable that Junior took an early liking to the 1.5-mile track. Every Charlotte race provided him the opportunity to enjoy a homecoming of sorts."In '86 and '87, they were really about as great as you could be, and it was just a lot of fun to watch," Earnhardt said. "I know the 600 was a big race and it's still a big race, but we didn't have Indy and places like that to share the spotlight. Yeah, this was a big event, and it was similar to Daytona, and everybody was at the 600 and everybody was here."We would sit up in those condos (in Turn 1) and watch everything. All the practices and every lap, that every ...
Dale Earnhardt Jr. says sponsor Diet Mountain Dew is going to "back off a little bit" next year, leaving a small gap to fill on Hendrick Motorsports' No. 88 Chevrole...
Dale Earnhardt Jr. knows exactly what strategy he needs at Talladega Superspeedway.He needs to go for broke and get a win.His championship hopes fading, Earnhardt is...
It's been four years since Dale Earnhardt Jr. won a Sprint Cup race.He's back in Michigan for this weekend's 400-mile race at the site of his most recent Cup victory...
The Army National Guard is staying on as a sponsor of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s No. 88 NASCAR Sprint Cup team.Hendrick Motorsports said Friday it has extended its relatio...
Every time the NASCAR circus stops at Talladega Superspeedway, the memories of that day rush back.Oct. 15, 2000.On a day of grand symmetry – although the sad reality...
The days of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s domination of Talladega Superspeedway, once one of the big annual stories of Sprint Cup racing, are long gone.Like his father, who s...
Jimmie Johnson became the first driver to win the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race four times on Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.Johnson, the five-time Sprint ...
document.write($AllStarArticleAdContent);Jimmie Johnson passed his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kasey Kahne with nine laps to go to win Saturday night's Sprint All-...
document.write($AllStarArticleAdContent);Five-time became Four-Time Saturday night, as Jimmie Johnson became the only driver in NASCAR history to win the Sprint All-...
Carl Edwards will start on the pole for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race after posting the quickest time in Friday's qualifying at Charlotte Motor Speedway.Edwards, w...
It has been almost four years since Dale Earnhardt Jr. won a Sprint Cup Series race.There have been flashes of hope in the humbling drought, and with each one, his r...
document.write($AllStarArticleAdContent);In a wacky qualifying session that saw cars flying onto pit road at more than 155 miles per hour, Carl Edwards had the hot h...
At the height of his father's success at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr. would sit in the Turn 1 condos overlooking the track.The Earnhardts are from Ka...
O. Bruton Smith still remembers the sleepless 78 hours leading up to Charlotte Motor Speedway's debut on June 19, 1960.Halfway through the first World 600, Smith fin...
document.write($AllStarArticleAdContent);If NASCAR wants to provide fans with the best possible racing product, it might be time to consider changing the venue for t...
Dale Earnhardt Jr. doesn't remember exactly where or when he shot his first commercial for a NASCAR sponsor, but he does remember how he felt about it."When I first ...
You can't wipe the smile off the face of Dale Earnhardt Jr., not even at a road course.With five races before the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship begins, Earnh...
Did Batman help Dale Earnhardt, Jr. end his four-year losing streak?The driver won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup victory on Sunday at the Michigan International Speedw...
Turns out the victory party for Dale Earnhardt Jr. wasn't much of a party at all.Earnhardt snapped a 143-race winless streak at Michigan International Speedway, then...