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Sportsfan
Member
09-03-2007
| Tuesday, January 10, 2017 - 7:50 pm 
I am so shocked that Carl is retiring, there must be so much more to this story!
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Kitkat
Member
08-23-2008
| Thursday, January 12, 2017 - 1:25 pm
Sportsfan, I read this morning that health was one of the factors in his decision. He said the hits they take and "Jr's" concussion played a role.
http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/gallery/10-keys-to-carl-edwards-leaving-joe-gibbs-racing-truth-lies-011117?cmpid=nl_fs_edition_01122017
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Sportsfan
Member
09-03-2007
| Thursday, January 12, 2017 - 7:08 pm
Thanks for that link Kitkat, now it is starting to make some sense, he is a great person and driver and will be missed!
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Sportsfan
Member
09-03-2007
| Saturday, February 18, 2017 - 3:07 pm
Yay so excited to watch the Nascar Clash race tonight!!!
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Kitkat
Member
08-23-2008
| Monday, February 20, 2017 - 10:38 am
Good race and happy with the winner - Sliced Bread!
Even happier with the front row for the 500!
Looking forward to Thursday's races.
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Sportsfan
Member
09-03-2007
| Monday, February 20, 2017 - 11:16 am
Me too Kitkat go JR!!!!
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, March 19, 2017 - 3:07 am
Go Kenseth!
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Sportsfan
Member
09-03-2007
| Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 11:16 am
Sad day for us JR Fans 
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will retire following the 2017 NASCAR season, Hendrick Motorsports announced Tuesday in a press release.
The 14-time Most Popular Driver has won 26 times in 603 starts over a career that began at age 24 in 1999. Among his accomplishments are two Daytona 500 crowns (2004, 2014) and two championships (1998, 1999) in what is now called the NASCAR XFINITY Series.
http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2017/4/25/dale-earnhardt-jr-retire-following-2017-season.html
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 11:55 am
That is sad news. All of my favorites have retired or are close...Rusty Wallace, Mark Martin, Dale Sr. hit the wall, Tony Stewart...it takes a lot of the fun out of watching the races.
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Kitkat
Member
08-23-2008
| Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 1:25 pm
I hate to see him retire also, but am glad that he is doing it while he is healthy. He will still be involved and around the tracks. His Xfinity team is going strong and you know he will continue working with them.
Maybe he could join Jeff on Fox, they would make a good team!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 4:55 pm
I've always been amazed at how some of these guys continue to race even when they are getting older.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, May 13, 2017 - 8:07 pm
Pretty big crash in NASCAR tonight. Danica Patrick jumped right out of her car and Logano was okay as well but they took quite a while to get Aric Almirola out. He hit hard.
Logano, Patrick, Almirola involved in wreck at Kansas Speedway
By Kathy Sheldon NASCAR.com May 13, 2017 at 10:38 pm
On Lap 199 of Saturday night’s Go Bowling 400, Danica Patrick and Joey Logano got together while running 11th and 12th, respectively, creating a hard impact that sent Patrick’s No. 10 Ford spinning into the wall and bursting into flames.
Logano’s No. 22 Ford appeared to have a right front problem, sending the car sharply left into Patrick’s car. As Patrick spun into Kansas Speedway’s outside retaining wall coming out of Turn 1, Aric Almirola’s No. 43 plowed into Logano’s No. 22.
Patrick was having one of her best runs of the season in a special Wonder Woman paint scheme, as her best finish so far in 2017 is 17th place at Atlanta. She hopped out of her crunched and burning car quickly, as did Logano. Safety workers needed some time to get Almirola out of his car, though he immediately dropped his window net and was conscious and alert.
more at the link ....
http://www.nascar.com/news-media/2017/05/13/logano-patrick-almirola-involved-wreck-kansas-speedway/
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Sportsfan
Member
09-03-2007
| Sunday, May 14, 2017 - 8:59 am
It was a scary accident. I am so thankful everyone is relatively OK. Danica's car was quickly engulfed in flames.. Hubby and I were yelling get out, get out!
Aric had to be cut out of his car and suffered a compression fracture or his T5 vertebrae, not sure how long he will be out of his car.
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Kitkat
Member
08-23-2008
| Monday, July 24, 2017 - 10:33 am
Dale Jr. is all set for 2018! He will be following Jeff's lead!
Dale Earnhardt Jr. to join NBC broadcast team after season
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/motorsports/dale-earnhardt-jr-to-join-nbc-broadcast-team-after-season/ar-AAoKMoh?OCID=ansmsnnews11
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Sportsfan
Member
09-03-2007
| Monday, July 24, 2017 - 10:42 am
It will be great to have Dale and Steve LeTarte back together again!
Hubby and I are going to the September race at Louden New Hampshire and will try to get a Jr picture!
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Kitkat
Member
08-23-2008
| Monday, July 24, 2017 - 11:30 am
Good Luck! Post it if you can!
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Sportsfan
Member
09-03-2007
| Monday, September 18, 2017 - 7:29 am
Almost time for the Race at Louden, so excited!
We have Champions Club tickets with Pit Road passes.
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Kitkat
Member
08-23-2008
| Monday, September 18, 2017 - 9:50 am
Lucky You! Enjoy!
Get those pics! Hope you will be able to share them!
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Sportsfan
Member
09-03-2007
| Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 8:07 am
So excited for today's race at Talledega (my fav track) Jr. won the pole!!!!
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Kitkat
Member
08-23-2008
| Tuesday, October 17, 2017 - 11:57 am
Dale Jr. and wife Amy are expecting a daughter. No word on due date.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2017/10/16/dale-earnhardt-jr-wife-amy-expecting-baby-daughter/769735001/
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Kitkat
Member
08-23-2008
| Monday, February 19, 2018 - 10:10 am
Very unhappy with the move to win by Austin Dillon. Aric Almirola was a real gentleman about the loss.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Sunday, May 17, 2020 - 1:09 pm
NASCAR is back! Kind of bittersweet with no fans.
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