Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Thoughts About the 2012 Daytona 500 and More

Dale Earnhardt Jr. was upbeat and relaxed at the Daytona three-day test session and as always, he did not hesitate to express his thoughts in a direct manner, but the driver of the No. 88 can be pretty funny too. Earnhardt knows Victory Lane at the Daytona 500. When he was asked what winning it again in 2012 would mean, he spoke of the magnitude of the race. Junior said, "Winning the 500 is the biggest race of the year. It's the greatest feeling. When it comes to winning single events, you can't beat it." He talked of all the effort that was being demonstrated with the lengthy, intense testing at Daytona and addressed the fact that the amount of work evident at the track was being mirrored back at the shop. Earnhardt said, "The ef...

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