Dale Earnhardt Jr. News

For those of you who aren't yet aware, Valvoline recently teamed up with NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr .

Fans gathered on the plaza outside Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip on Wed., March 5, 2014 where they were surprised by a visit from Dale Jr. who pumped them up for the big race on Sunday where he'll debut, for the first time, his Mtn Dew Kickstart paint scheme and firesuit.

In her first two races, Patrick finished 40th after wrecking on Lap 145 of 200 in the season-opening Daytona 500 and was slightly better, 36th, this past Sunday at Phoenix .

We can bang the "wins are now more important" drum all we want, but points still carry a lot of weight in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series .

Dale Earnhardt Jr.: "We haven't performed as well as our other three teammates throughout 2009 and 2010 and 2011 we started getting a little bit better."

NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. has always been one of the most popular drivers in all of motorsports.

As Jeff Gordon approached age 40, he hinted often at retirement, not sure how much longer he would race in NASCAR's top series.

Austin Dillon , driving the iconic No. 3, won the Coors Light Pole for the Daytona 500 - an unbelievably cool story.

Born Nov. 29, 1942 in Dunkirk, daughter of the late Sam and Alice Arnold Diate. She was a Chautauqua County resident all of her life and a 1963 graduate of Fredonia Central High School.

Ethel B. Jones, 85, of Laurel, passed away peacefully Monday, March 3, 2014, at the home of her daughter in Laurel.

Granted, it's early. But here's a Dale Earnhardt Jr. statistic worth noting: for the second time in his career, he has led the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points for the first two weeks of the season.

He was born on February 27, 1959, in Muncie, the son of Robert and Barbara Parks-Staker.

The money being made by NASCAR steadily has increased over the years with new television contracts and sponsorship deals with major corporations.

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 MOUNTAIN DEW KICKSTART CHEVROLET SS - POINT'S LEADER "Vegas has a lot of bumps going into Turn 1. They are something else.

Lydia Loveless Aside from having one of the best names in music, Lydia Loveless also has talent.

As a predictor of things to come, the Daytona 500 is about as accurate as a chimp picking stocks by throwing darts at a copy of the Wall Street Journal.

Learn something new every day – a “competition caution” is NASCAR’s way of compensating for heavy rain the night before a race.

Kevin Harvick leads a group of cars into Turn 1 during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Avondale, Ariz.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. in some ways celebrated his Daytona 500 victory all week, going from city to city, interview to interview.

Harvick dominated Sunday's The Profit On CNBC 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Phoenix Int'l Raceway, scoring his first victory as a member of the Stewart-Haas Racing operation.