No. 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s fourth place finish at Pocono Raceway was his third top five in his past four races.
His record at Michigan International Speedway is respectable, two top fives and five top 10s in 17 career Cup races. His best finish at the track was a third place in 2006 when he was driving for Dale Earnhardt Inc.
"We haven't run there with the new Chevy Impala yet so there aren't many notes to fall back on," said Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports. "It's fun. It's a big track. I think running the new car will be interesting because I have no idea what to expect."
The car his team is bringing to Michigan is the same car he raced at Lowe's Motor Speedway in the All-Star race. He led 14 laps and finished eighth. He also tested the car at Pocono a few weeks ago.
"My goal is to keep some sort of consistency going," Earnhardt Jr. said. "I hated what happened at Dover (Del.) with that early wreck for my team. Same kind of thing happened in California where we wrecked so early and just had to ride for the rest of the day. That isn't good for anyone. I want to get to where we're finishing consistently every weekend. We're capable; we just need it to happen."



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