Redemption just might be the word that was missing from Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s vocabulary.
After watching the driver of the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Amp/National Guard sponsored Chevrolet, single-handedly make a mockery out of his 2009 season by finishing 25th in points with only two top five, and five top ten finishes.
Earnhardt knew deep down inside that it wasn’t fair to not only his fans who voted him most popular driver for a seventh time, but to the Hendrick organization who hired him to win races beginning with the 2008 season.
"There's a big sense of that I earned this, that I deserve this because of my family name,” said Earnhardt after receiving his seventh most popular driver award in Las Vegas back in December.
Earnhardt ...
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