Monday, July 27, 2009

Expired engine sours Earnhardt Jr.’s run at Indy | FanZone Sports - Racing

Expired engine sours Earnhardt Jr.’s run at Indy | FanZone Sports - Racing: "Earnhardt and the No. 88 team were better at the end of a fuel run, but could not make the car to Earnhardt’s liking at the beginning of a run.

“Yes, that last run, we were really really loose,” Earnhardt said. :The last 10 laps of the run, I think we were the best car or one of the best cars on the track. I drove back to Jeff (Gordon) and the No. 9 (Kasey Kahne). I was feeling pretty confident about it then. We either started a run too snug or too loose.”

Regardless, McGrew and the team seem to be bounding together and building a relationship. Earnhardt said that they are still are making strides at communicating better during a race.

“Me and Lance (McGrew, crew chief) are getting better on the communication and understanding each other,” Earnhardt said. “We are running better. We’ve had some poor luck and made some mistakes. We just have to keep our heads up. Hopefully at Pocono we can get it running as good there if not better.”"


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