Earnhardt Jr. fed up with this race

Can you imagine the Sprint Cup Series without Dale Earnhardt Jr.?

"If this is what we did every week, I wouldn't be doing it, I will just put it to you like that," Earnhardt said after Sunday's Good Sam 500 at Talladega Speedway. "If this is how we raced every week, I would find another job."

Yes, it was in the heat of the moment. Yes, it was after a valiant comeback from outside of the top 20 and off the lead lap. And yes, it was after Junior watched his championship hopes dashed after leading the points nine races ago but now falling to being mired in 11th place, 51 points behind Brad Keselowski.

Earnhardt, who turns 38 on Wednesday, is known for his restrictor-plate prowess -- particularly at Talladega where he claims five career wins. However, none of Earnhardt's victories on the 2.66-mile track have been earned since NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow was introduced in 2007. And that year, the Talladega event resembled more of a parade not a race.

In the past three Chase rac

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