The biggest question for the last three years is when will Dale Earnhardt Jr. end his winless drought.
Today, he answered those questions by dominating the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway. It was the first Sprint Cup win for Junior in 143 races and his first since this race at Michigan in 2008. During that winless streak, he had many close calls with seven runner-up finishes, but today he was the man on top.
Junior took control of the race, leading 96 of 200 laps in dominant fashion after the 400-mile event was delayed by rain for over an hour in a half. He outlasted second place finisher Tony Stewart by 5.393 seconds in his No. 88 Chevy for his 19th career Sprint Cup victory.
Roush Fenway Racing's Matt Kenseth and his teammate, pole sitter Greg Biffle, took home the third and fourth place finishing positions. Kenseth kept his points lead going into next weeks race at Sonoma, but it was cut in half by Earnhardt Jr.'s victory as the No. 17 now leads Da...
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