What went wrong with Dale Earnhardt Jr. at the Subway 500 last Sunday? The culprit again is his engine.
The popular NASCAR driver finished only 23rd at the latest race at Martinsville Speedway. When Earnhardt�s No. 8 Chevrolet reached past the 150-lap mark, his engine started to run badly.
This was not the first time engine troubles caused a little misery to Earnhardt�s struggle this season. According to NASCAR�s official website, engine difficulties occurred to Earnhardt over six times this season. Consequently, his racing performance has been badly hurt.
"Too many cautions and restarts in the last 50 laps and the valve springs kept breaking and broke the motor even worse and finally blew up," Earnhardt recalled hisexperience, as cited by a report in SportingNews.com.
Earnhardt seemed not to be bothered at all. "I am not upset at all," he told Nascar.com. "We had a great day. I had a lot of fun. We ran really well, even on seven cylinders. We had a popping and spitting motor down the straightaway. I put those tail pipes in those other boys' ears so they could hear we were on seven cylinders and still driving by them.�
However, Earnhardt felt sorry for his teammates. "It was pretty fun. I am proud of my team, the car they built and gave me to race. It was really good, it drove great and we were competitive so I am not sad. I am sad for [new crew chief] Tony Gibson and the whole team because they deserve better finishes than this. But I can deal with it."
So much was Earnhardt�s optimism that he managed to push his way to the front in the face of engine problems.
But then, how�s DEI going to address this?
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