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    JGR swept the top three spots in qualifying


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    Will Truex notch another win? Dude must be flying high with confidence going into todays race.


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    Dale Jr said in the latest edition of the Dale Jr. Download podcast released Monday that his rehabilitation from a concussion is "going along as planned" and that he has been driving a simulator but still misses competing in a race car most.

    Earnhardt Jr. talked for about eight minutes at the start of the podcast, praising the efforts of his substitute driver Alex Bowman, who finished seventh at the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway.

    Junior added, however, that he wished he could have been the one driving the No. 88Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.

    "We've been running around and trying to do everything we're supposed to be doing outside the car while we're not able to drive just yet," Earnhardt Jr. said. "Boy, today (Sunday) was a day where I would have liked to have been in there for sure running that high side. That's really enjoyable."

    He added that he's "still working on all my rehabilitation and doing all the stuff the doctors have been asking me to do. All of that is going along as planned, no setbacks."


    The simulator work is part of the "outside the car" activities that have kept him busy in recent weeks, along with sponsor appearances and a visit to Martinsville Speedwaylast week to help unveil the track's new lights.

    RELATED: Martinsville to add lights

    "I've been doing that (simulator), which has been a lot of fun," Earnhardt Jr. said.

    Still, it's no substitute for actually taking the wheel of a race car. Earnhardt Jr. said he will be at Talladega Superspeedway Friday through Sunday, and it will be difficult to simply watch; Bowman again will fill in for Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 88.

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    Ratings are gonna be off the charts, guaranteed!!

    Dale Earnhardt Jr. will join NBC's broadcast team for parts of the network's coverage of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Talladega Superspeedway andMartinsville Speedway, NBC announced Wednesday on "NASCAR America."

    Junior, who has not raced since July as he recovers from a concussion, will reunite with his former crew chief Steve Letarte and work alongside race announcer Rick Allen and fellow analyst Jeff Burton. Sunday will mark Earnhardt's first ever NASCAR Sprint Cup broadcasting assignment.

    "I'm excited to see these races from a different vantage point and hopefully offer some insight to the viewers," Earnhardt Jr. said in an NBC release. "I thoroughly enjoyed my opportunity to broadcast the XFINITY race at Michigan earlier this year, so I expect getting to spend time in the booth with the NBC team to be just as fun."

    NBCSN presents the second elimination race of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup from Talladega on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. Next weekend, NBCSN presents the first race in the playoff Round of 8 from Martinsville Speedway on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 1 p.m. ET.

    "With five races left in the Sprint Cup playoffs, we are thrilled to welcome Dale Earnhardt Jr. into our broadcast booth as we present two of the most unpredictable and exciting races in the Chase," said Jeff Behnke, VP of NASCAR Production for the NBC Sports Group. "Dale is incredibly respected and the viewers and fans will be treated to his perspective on two very different race tracks."

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    GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. may not be competing in NASCAR'sSprint Cup Series as the 2016 season begins to wind down, but the series' most popular driver still has plenty to keep him busy.

    "Going to the races, doing all my (sponsor) appearances, doing everything I was doing before, just not driving," Earnhardt said Wednesday during a stop at the corporate headquarters of Wrangler.



    "Take the driving part out of it and everything else I'm still doing."

    Earnhardt was joined by team owner Richard Childress to help kick off the second annual "Jeansboro Day" celebration and reminisce about the long relationship Wranger has enjoyed with Childress and Earnhardt.

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    I had high hopes when Kezy was outta the race but all was lost when Leg a no won.

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    I like how they are limiting Cup drivers participation in the lower level races next year.

    NASCAR announced new participation guidelines for its three national series Wednesday, limiting the amount of NASCAR XFINITY Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races that full-time drivers in its premier series will be allowed to compete in, starting in 2017.


    Beginning next year, the rules parameters will limit Cup Series drivers with more than five years' full-time experience to a maximum of 10 races in the NASCAR XFINITYSeries and seven events in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.


    The new guidelines will also prohibit premier series drivers at that experience level from participating in those two series' final eight events of the year -- a span that includes the regular-season finale and the seven-race Chase playoffs for both circuits. In the case of the XFINITY Series, full-time Cup Series competitors will also be restricted from the four races in the Dash 4 Cash program.


    The guidelines don't apply to drivers with fewer than five years of full-time premier series experience, which includes, among others, Kyle Larson, Austin Dillon and Chase Elliott.

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    Should have taken it further limiting larger teams from using multiple drivers through the year. Limit should have been more specific to 10 races per car or something like that. It was a decent effort but left a gaping loophole that will still see top flight drivers in all the races.
    BECAUSE RACECAR

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    Some fun analysis using the iRacing sim to demonstrate some things.

    http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/10/...-martinsville/
    BECAUSE RACECAR

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    Perhaps they will revisit down the line but a good first shot at fixing it.

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