Popularity, responsibility go hand-in-hand for Junior
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It would have been difficult to blame Dale Earnhardt Jr. if had he not shown up. He could have kicked back in his new house, hung out with family and friends, and had somebody else accept his seventh consecutive most popular driver trophy for him. It almost would have been understandable — what driver would want to jet all the way across the country for one day, receive an award unrelated to performance, and face another round of questions about what it’s going to take to turn his program around?
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