Trackside at Daytona - Earnhardt and Petty

by Holly CainFiled under: Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Daytona Int'l Speedway, Chase for the Sprint CupDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Catching up on the news and notes trackside at Daytona International Speedway.Dale Earnhardt Jr. met with reporters briefly Friday and seemed pretty much resigned to the fact that he won't be making the 12-driver Chase for the Championship this season. He's currently ranked 19th, 285 points behind 12th place Juan Pablo Montoya with nine races remaining before the Chase field is set Sept. 12."It's going to be a real challenge for us to make the Chase,'' Earnhardt said. "We're still mathematically in it but we're not trying to catch just one guy. .. we're trying to catch four or five guys. And it's unrealistic to expect all them guys to have enough trouble.Trackside at Daytona - Earnhardt and Petty originally appeared on Fanhouse Motorsports Blog on Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:41:00 EDT . Please see our terms for ...