Dale Earnhardt Jr.‘s night time at Bristol Motor Speedway was something however routine, however the Corridor of Famer got here throughout the road seventh.
A stable qualifying effort netted Earnhardt Jr. the thirteenth beginning spot on the grid, however radio points instantly after the drop of the inexperienced flag relegated Earnhardt to the mid-30s within the working order.
After exchanging his helmet and radio, Earnhardt Jr. found that he now not had his glasses, which had inadvertently been taken by the group on the primary pit cease of the race. After clawing his method again to a Twentieth-place end in Stage One, Earnhardt Jr.’s glasses had been returned.
Earnhardt Jr.’s radio wasn’t completed being the speaking level of the night time, nonetheless, because the gadget one way or the other ended up on each the ground of the automotive — which resulted within the radio being turned as much as the max quantity — and Earnhardt Jr.’s water bottle holder, knocking his water bottle into depths of the No. 88 Hellmann’s Chevrolet.
Regardless of all of the setbacks that got here his method, Earnhardt Jr. got here dwelling with a clear automotive and a top-10 end.
“The steadiness of the automotive was actually good,” Earnhardt Jr. instructed NBC Sports activities. “I am thrilled to come back out right here and be aggressive.”
All indications level to Earnhardt Jr. not working an Xfinity Collection race in 2025, however the two-time Xfinity Collection champion left the door open to probably working one other race in two or three years.
“I must work on my broadcasting with the brand new companions, I wish to be nice. I really feel like I actually need to deal with that. That is the precedence. Possibly I will get again on this factor. I am positive I will find yourself lacking it and signing up for one thing in 2026.”
Earnhardt’s seventh-place end is the 96th top-10 outcome for the 1998 and 1999 Xfinity Collection champion in 147 Xfinity Collection begins.
