No. 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was one of the Cup drivers who had his day end in disaster at Dover International Speedway. He was 35th in the race, but didn't lose his spot in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings.
His record at Pocono International Raceway is not all that bad. He finished second in the August race in 2007 after winning the pole and has a runner-up finish in 2001.
He tested at Pocono last month, along with a number of Cup drivers, and even though he said he had a good test, he had some complaints about the track.
"We had a good test, but I feel that the track needs to be repaved," said Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports. "It's real, real rough, and you are just bouncing all over the place in the car. They paved this little strip in Turn 3 in the third groove, and we're all running around on it and it had a lot of grip. They need to do the entire track over."
The car his team is bringing to Pocono is a brand new car and the same one his team tested at Pocono.
"The racing is going to be pretty strung out," Earnhardt Jr. said. "It has characteristics of a road course and a superspeedway. It's a tough track -- you carry a ton of speed into the corner in Turn 1. It's like you're going 205 mph and have to brake for a 90-degree turn. It's a tough track, but I think it will be a long race; like normal at Pocono -- not many cautions and single-car lines."



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