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02-28-2014, 07:49 PM
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AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- NASCAR's most popular driver won the sport's biggest race last weekend. It may not have been the most exciting news of the week, at least when it comes to fans of Dale Earnhardt Jr. A reluctant participant on Twitter for years, Earnhardt burst into the Twitterverse this week with a flourish of revealing tweets that have given fans insight into his life they never knew before. "I don't what I was thinking, why I didn't get on there earlier," Earnhardt said from Phoenix International Speedway on Friday. "It's a great way to tell people things you appreciate and it's instant." Earnhardt has had a Twitter account since 2008, when JR Motorsports signed up (at)DaleJr. Earnhardt had no interest in that end of social media at first, so the account sat dormant for years. That changed on Monday, a day after Earnhardt won his second Daytona 500 and posted a photo of himself with the trophy: "Tonight seemed like as good a night as any to join Twitter. How is everyone doin?" Earnhardt's Twitter account soared once he started typing 140 characters at a time, rising to more than 527,000 followers by Friday. "It's been a very interesting follow, him getting creative," fellow Sprint Cup driver Jimmie Johnson said. "He must have been watching for afar for a while because he has the lingo down, attacking people, holding up pretty well. He didn't enter as a rookie on Twitter, in my opinion. He's off to a pretty good start." It's certainly been entertaining and fairly revealing. Earnhardt participated in a Twitter chat with fans on Tuesday night and kept the tweets rolling this week, up over 130 by Friday morning. Among the revelations he's made on Twitter so far: -He always goes the speed limit, figuring he'd look stupid if he gets a ticket when he's supposed to be a professional driver. -If he had to eat only one food for a month, it would be barbecue. -His favorite car to drive is a midnight blue 76 Chevy Laguna. -The one topping he would want on a pizza is banana peppers. -His favorite style of racing is on short tracks such as Bristol and Martinsville. -Hanging from a fork in a tree near his house is the cockpit of Will Power's IndyCar from the crash in Las Vegas that killed Dan Wheldon. -His favorite color his orange. -His favorite band is the Matthew Good Band. -His favorite gadget is his iPad and JBL speaker. SI Now: Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s first tweet was a selfie Source: SI On Monday's SI Now, Dale Earnhardt Jr. explains why he finally decided to join Twitter after winning the Daytona 500 and says fellow NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson is his Twitter mentor. "I'm still learning. There's still a lot of questions about the software, how to physically use it," Earnhardt said. "I never used it before. It's been fun to interact with the fans ... and it was enjoyable to be plugged in whenever you feel like it. I hope the fans have enjoyed it." The fans seem to and so have his fellow drivers, who have tried enticing Earnhardt to join Twitter for years. "I, among many others have pushed him to do it," Johnson said. "There's been a lot of people on social media, even the people who run Twitter have come to me to put pressure on him over the years and it just was something he wasn't interested in. As sharp as he is, as much time as he spends in the digital world, I knew when he got involved, he would love it." He sure seems to be so far. Copyright 2014 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. From SI.com Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rac...#ixzz2ufEUFYW7
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02-28-2014, 08:04 PM
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02-28-2014, 09:13 PM
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Jim...
It appears my source was wrong about when the account was setup. But both source confirm the first tweet as being after he won the race... 
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02-28-2014, 09:19 PM
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Back to the Touring Princess...
She qualified 33rd for this weekends race in Phoenix. She was about 1.5 seconds off the pace of the pole sitter Brad K. So, that means, barring a caution, Danica could be a lap down by lap 18 of the 312 lap race. |
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03-01-2014, 12:21 AM
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I'm probably the last person that would stick up for her, but even by that figure it'll only take her around 50-60 laps to go a lap down...........  33 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet GoDaddy 136.545 26.365 --0.537
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03-01-2014, 10:13 AM
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I'm still thinking she could be down a lap relatively early without a caution. Her average finish at Phoenix (in 3 Cup races) is 29.7. She did better in the Nationwide series with an average finish of 20th (in 4 races). |
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03-02-2014, 06:00 PM
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Those cars resemble a pro-stock drag car. Ridiculously boring
"Racing". Laughable the way they are strapped in the cars. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk
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03-02-2014, 06:07 PM
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Welcome to 2014 corporate "no risk" racing. Lol
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03-02-2014, 07:12 PM
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Strong 36th today.
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03-02-2014, 08:08 PM
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And that puts her in 39th place in the standings. She's ahead of the following drivers that are earning points for running Cup this year: Michael McDowell Ryan Truex Travis Kvapil Michael Waltrip These four drivers have only been participated in 1 Cup race though. Quote:
 Time for DW to retire.
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03-02-2014, 08:10 PM
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03-03-2014, 01:10 AM
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03-03-2014, 02:03 AM
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Oddly at the beginning of the race DW was trying to be positive about Danica, or was making a backhanded slam, when he commented on her Q position. "Danica had a much better car than her starting position shows"... Ouch, meaning she didn't/ couldn't get everything out of the car. |
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03-03-2014, 03:19 AM
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03-03-2014, 12:53 PM
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Oppps, you mean from broadcasting, right? LOL Good thing Mark Martin is coaching her now, seems to have made a heckuva improvement over last year!!! NOT!!! LMAO I guess the King was wrong, she did finish ahead of 7 cars.
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03-03-2014, 04:55 PM
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Is this a cover up ? did they ever say if the #51 car hit the #10 car or did the #10 car hit the #51 car ? she did do a good job not hitting the wall after the flat !!!
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03-03-2014, 06:06 PM
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Bobby and Terry Labonte and Josh Wise have been in only one Cup race this season and are ahead of her in the points (29, 24 and 20 points vs 13 points). Her main squeeze (Ricky Jr.) is 50 points ahead of the touring princess... |
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03-03-2014, 06:12 PM
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03-02-2014, 08:20 PM
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I was pretty much on target when I posted that without an early caution - Danica would be a lap down relatively early.
When they had the mandated caution due to a green race track at lap 35 she was just about to go a lap down.... |
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