HOMESTEAD, Fla. — There’s no mistaking Dale Earnhardt Jr. on a racetrack. The axis of focus tilts toward him, his every move dissected with the finest of combs.Saturday afternoon, inside a yellow Hellman’s No. 8 car, that spotlight was only accentuated, as one of the most recognizable figures in the history of the sport competed in the Hooters 250 Xfinity Series at Homestead-Miami Speedway.Earnhardt Jr. retired from Cup Series racing in 2017. But the driver who had 260 top-10 finishes and 26 wins over his decades on the Cup Series still races sporadically on the Xfinity Series, roughly once pe…
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Earnhardt Jr. flirts with the top, finishes fifth at Homestead-Miami Speedway
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