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Dale Jr @ nascar.com The town of Bennettsville, S.C., is a place known for its soil. It was so fertile, legend once held, that it was sold not by the acre, but by the pound. Victorian and Greek revival homes still stand as testament to the era when the place got rich off king cotton, [...]

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May 13th, 2012 | Filed under NASCAR News, Opinion

Dale Jr @ nascar.com Every big stage, every big moment, every crown jewel — Hendrick Motorsports owns them all. The Daytona 500? The team boasts six trophies from The Great American Race. The Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway? Seven wins. The Coca-Cola 600? Nine. Read the full story

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May 13th, 2012 | Filed under NASCAR News, Opinion

Dale Jr @ nascar.com The question follows Hendrick Motorsports from week to week and race track to race track, no longer an affirmation of its success but a reminder of its struggle. When will that elusive 200th victory finally come? Read the full story

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May 11th, 2012 | Filed under NASCAR News, Opinion

Dale Jr @ nascar.com With every passing week, the tension mounts. As one Sprint Cup race shifts into another, the anxiety and the eagerness and the expectation are compounded, to the point where it seems impossible and inevitable all at the same time. Dale Earnhardt’s Jr.’s epic winless streak is going to end, sometime. He’s [...]

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May 9th, 2012 | Filed under NASCAR News, Opinion

Dale Jr @ nascar.com With each race he runs and each top-10 performance he delivers in this resurgent season, Dale Earnhardt Jr. can’t help but raise the hopes and expectations of a legion of fans desperate to see him finally make it back to Victory Lane. Read the full story

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May 7th, 2012 | Filed under NASCAR News, Opinion

Dale Jr @ nascar.com With each race he runs and each top-10 performance he delivers in this resurgent season, Dale Earnhardt Jr. can’t help but raise the hopes and expectations of a legion of fans desperate to see him finally make it back to Victory Lane. Read the full story

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May 7th, 2012 | Filed under NASCAR News, Opinion

Dale Jr @ nascar.com TALLADEGA, Ala. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. hears it every time he runs at Daytona International Speedway or Talladega Superspeedway. Read the full story

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May 5th, 2012 | Filed under NASCAR News, Opinion

Dale Jr @ nascar.com Dale Earnhardt Jr. showed up at Talladega Superspeedway freshly shorn, his woolly beard removed to film a commercial but just in time for Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 Sprint Cup race as well. Read the full story

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May 4th, 2012 | Filed under NASCAR News, Opinion

Dale Jr @ nascar.com Dale Earnhardt Jr. showed up at Talladega Superspeedway freshly shorn, his woolly beard removed to film a commercial but just in time for Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 Sprint Cup race as well. Read the full story

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May 4th, 2012 | Filed under NASCAR News, Opinion

Dale Jr @ nascar.com Plenty of intangibles tilt in Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s favor this weekend — his history of success at Talladega Superspeedway and his father’s legacy of domination of the track among them. Read the full story

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May 4th, 2012 | Filed under NASCAR News, Opinion