Dale Earnhardt Jr Won When It Counted Most at Daytona International Speedway

Category Sports | Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — He did it for his fans. He did it for his dad’s fans. But ultimately Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s emotional victory Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway did the most for himself.

There was a collective pause among the thousands in the grandstands and millions tuned into the television as Earnhardt drove the No. 3 Wrangler Chevrolet across the finish line in the Nationwide Series race – the car’s blue-and-yellow retro paint scheme a tribute to his late father, Dale Earnhardt Sr., who drove the No. 3 to six of his seven championships before he was killed in an accident on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500.

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