Dale Earnhardt Jr. earns Top-5 at Homestead-Miami
In his second and final start of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished fifth in Saturday’s Contender Boats 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Earnhardt Jr. qualified his No. 88 Chevrolet in 23rd, and despite not placing inside the Top-10 in the first two stages, earned a fifth-place finish — his first Top-5 since a fifth-place run at Homestead in 2020.
“We were able to finish really good, I’m happy about it,” Earnhardt Jr. said.
For Dale Earnhardt Jr., his two starts in 2023 were the most he’s made in the series in one season since 2017.
Earnhardt Jr. raced at Bristol in August, leading laps before am in-car fire ended his day.
Earnhardt Jr. is a 24-time winner in the series, claiming the 1998 and 1999 championships. From there, Earnhardt Jr. graduated to the Cup Series full-time in 2000, earning 26 wins including two Daytona 500’s.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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