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Was Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s move to Hendrick a flop?

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"I had really high expectations for Junior this year," Jimmy Spencer said. "But I don’t think his performance this year was a whole lot better than it was when he was in the 8 car."

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With race days in the rear-view, Johnson's car has new duties

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Hendrick Motorsports confirmed what many NASCAR fans had suspected all season, announcing Wednesday that Jimmie Johnson's number 48 Chevrolet Impala would be put out to stud, ending its career in stock-car racing and living out the rest of its service life siring the cars of tomorrow.

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that's racin' (phrase): Expresses frustration or emotion. 1. When a small part costing just a few dollars fails and stops a $150,000 race car, that's racin'. 2. When you race a competitor for 500 miles and lose to him by just a few feet, that's racin'. 3. When a hot dog wrapper blows out of the stands, gets caught across the air vent on the front of your car and causes your engine to overheat, that's racin'.


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