Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Phoenix test: 'I'm just freakin' pumped about this'
Anyone who has been around racing and Dale Earnhardt Jr. much at all over the years knows that normally the Hendrick Motorsports driver doesn’t seem too excited about testing. That was not the case Tuesday when he got on track for a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series test at Phoenix International Raceway. “We were coming here to test and I was just texting the guys (on his No. 88 Hendrick Chevrolet team). I’m like, ‘Man, I don’t know why but I’m just freakin’ pumped up about this,’ ” ..>> view originalArthur Blank bothered by Trump's Holocaust Rememberance declaration
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