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SceneDaily.com
SceneDaily.com
06/20/2008
Sonoma, Calif.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is not a big fan of racing at Infineon Raceway. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Photo)
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NASCAR’s most popular driver had a hard time appreciating the California sunshine and scenery on Friday.
Nothing against the beautiful setting of Infineon Raceway – it’s just that Dale Earnhardt Jr. doesn’t like the track.
At all.
“I just don’t run good here,” he said. “Never liked coming here. Don’t like the track, it’s not a fun track to compete on. It’s fun to go around it and goof off and raise a little bit of hell, but I don’t like being in competition on it. It’s just difficult and these cars ain’t built for it, you know what I mean?
“It’s impossible to pass. Where do you pass? There’s a couple braking zones, but that’s about it. You just wait on people to screw up.”
In eight career starts at Sonoma, Earnhardt Jr. has never finished in the top 10. He’s finished in the top 15 only three times, and has led a lap in only one event.
“We’re struggling a little bit,” he said. “We always do. I’m not very good at road racing, so we just try to do the best we can. ... I’m just trying to get through the weekend.”
Earnhardt Jr. said he's glad to be sitting third in points with a huge buffer back to the cutoff for the Chase. After all, he believes he won't make it through the Sonoma race without a mistake.
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