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Dale Earnhardt Jr., the great idol in NASCAR!

In the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Hendrick Motorsports the stable sets an example to be followed by its professionalism and success. Jimmie Johnson, five-time champion Jeff Gordon, 4 times, and veteran Mark Martin (49 gains in Nationwide and 40 Sprint Cup) are great drivers.

There are four years to drive the fourth car crew, owner Rick Hendrick leaves from Kyle Busch to hire Dale Earnhardt Jr, the son of regret champion who tragically died in 2001. At the time, Dale Jr showed two Nationwide Series titles and was the third class of the Sprint Cup in 2003 before delivering more than respectable results on one of the cars of the stable DEI property of his stepmother. Seen as a future champion on the track, it also represented a very mediatic Hendrick name to ensure the necessary sponsors this fourth car.

At its fourth season with Hendrick, Dale Earnhardt Jr, always friendly, always popular with the common people, however, shows a more than disappointing sports record a victory in his 135 championship races!

In Atlanta there 10 days, Hendrick Motorsports is pleased to announce that it has extended the contract for five years of the idol, which expired in late 2012. So until the end of the 2017 season, Dale Earnhardt Jr will have the chance to drive one of the best cars in the series. Hope that this contract will provide serenity him boost necessary to raise it up a notch and play his driving one day the title.

Currently ranks tenth in the championship in 2011, so it qualifies, the same way as Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth, Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski for the title race that is played on denrieres ten races to come. But facing such adversity, little bet on the chances of "the idol of NASCAR people" to succeed!

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