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With good performances over the next six races, Dale Earnhardt Jr. (No. 88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet) could find his way into the top 12 in the series standings which would earn him a 2010 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup berth.
Earnhardt’s struggles last Sunday at Indianapolis widened the gap between himself and a place in the top 12.
In the process of posting an Average Running Position of just 18.4, Earnhardt was collected in the late-race accident of Juan Pablo Montoya, and dropped him to a 27th-place finish.
Arriving at Indianapolis, Earnhardt was only 15 points outside the top 12. After the event, he dropped to 14th in points, 93 points outside the Chase cutoff.
Earnhardt’s best career day so far at Pocono came in 2007, when he won the Coors Light Pole Award and finished second in the August event.
Rebounding with that type of day at Pocono following last week’s disappointment would go a long way to bringing an optimistic outlook back to Earnhardt and the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports team.
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: News & Notes - Pocono Raceway
CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR 0 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet AXE Twist 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite / Vortex 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet HendrickCars.com / GoDaddy.com 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 7 P.J. Jones Toyota SpeedFactory.tv 9 Kasey Kahne Ford Budweiser 9 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Phoenix Construction 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge Penske Racing 13 Max Papis Toyota GEICO 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Old Spice 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 19 Elliott Sadler Ford U.S. Air Force 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 26 David Stremme Ford Air National Guard 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet The Hartford 34 Kevin Conway* Ford Extenze 36 Casey Mears Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing 37 David Gilliland Ford Gander Mountain 38 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Insignia HDTV / Best Buy 46 J.J. Yeley Dodge Whitney Motorsports 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Clorox / Kleenex 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 55 Michael McDowell Toyota Prism Motorsports 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 66 Dave Blaney Toyota Prism Motorsports 71 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet TaxSlayer.com 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge PPG 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 82 Scott Speed Toyota Red Bull 83 Reed Sorenson Toyota Red Bull 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota FrontRowJoe.com 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy / National Guard 98 Paul Menard Ford CertainTeed / Menards 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 164 Todd Bodine Toyota Gunselman Motorsports
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