No. 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has become the best driver at Hendrick Motorsports. That's the good news. The bad news is the best driver at Hendrick is in fifth place in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings.
What might be even worse news is that Earnhardt Jr. is the only driver from Hendrick in the top 12. The top 12 drivers qualify for the Chase. It's only five races into the 26-race regular schedule before the Chase starts and Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon are sitting in 13th and 14th place, but still, this is probably not how Rick Hendrick envisioned his all-star garage to start the season.
Earnhardt Jr. heads to Martinsville Speedway in Virginia, site of Sunday's Cup race, 96 points behind Kyle Busch for the lead in the Cup standings.
In 17 career Cup races at Martinsville, Earnhardt Jr. has seven top-five finishes, but has never won a race there.
"Honestly, what has been between me and Victory Lane is Hendrick Motorsports," said Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports. "They have an amazing run going at Martinsville. I run well there due to my short track background, but I seemed to always find myself finishing behind my new teammates (Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson)."
Hendrick Motorsports has won eight of the past 10 Cup races at Martinsville. Johnson has won three straight, sweeping both races last year and winning the spring race in 2006.
Earnhardt Jr.'s team will be bringing the car he raced at Bristol two weeks ago. He finished fifth in that race. He finished fifth in the Martinsville race in April last year with Dale Earnhardt Inc.
"Hopefully we can turn the corner and get a win there because the track is important to me with its deep history within the sport," Earnhardt Jr. said. "This track and its importance in the season is often overlooked, and I continue to try and capitalize on that each year with consistent top-five finishes. A win is our goal without a doubt."