Wreck junks Junior's pole-winning car

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Wreck junks Junior's pole-winning car
By Jim Utter -charlotteobserver
Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Dale Earnhardt Jr. will remain credited with the pole for this season's Daytona 500 but will not lead the field to the green flag.

Earnhardt and Martin Truex Jr. were involved in a wreck during practice on Wednesday, forcing both drivers to have to use backup cars for Thursday's qualifying races and Sunday's 500.

Jimmie Johnson and Earnhardt were running in a two-car tandem with the tandem of Truex and Brian Vickers behind them when Johnson needed to slow because for traffic coming on the track.

Truex hit Earnhardt from behind, sending both cars spinning into the infield wall.

"You got to pay attention out there. If you're going to come out and race, you got to pay attention," Earnhardt said.



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Dale didn't even want to practise that car.It already set high speed and had the pole.Thanx to his team he now will start at the rear off the field.

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He added that he didn't really feel like his team should have been practicing at all Wednesday.


"Well, we have the pole-sitting race car, don't need to practice," he said. ". . . I hadn't been out there. We hadn't practiced together, so no. I don't know who is paying attention and who ain't. I had a fast car and didn't want to practice it."