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Pure Michigan 400 Preview: Earnhardt's House

Mark Taylor

Mark Taylor

Taylor covers NASCAR for RotoWire. He is a three-time winner of the FSWA's Racing Writer of the Year award. He is also a military historian, specifically the World War II U.S. Navy in the Pacific.

NASCAR returns to Michigan International Speedway this weekend for the Pure Michigan 400. This is the second and final race at Brooklyn, Mich., for the season. We return to the scene of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s big victory in June at the two-mile oval. He led 95 of the 200 laps that day and dominated the field en route to his first victory in 143 starts. Amazingly, it was the Michigan oval where Earnhardt had won previously to that tremendous drought starting. In June of 2008, the Hendrick Motorsports star outfoxed the field in a fuel mileage battle and led the final eight laps to win the Lifelock 400. So to say that MIS holds a special place in Earnhardt's heart would be a vast understatement. Michigan has been like the ...

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