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Archive Home > 2009 > February > 02 > Earnhardt rides with fear of failure

Earnhardt rides with fear of failure

Driver struggled with pressure after changing teams last season

By Jim Pedley / The Bulletin
February 2, 2009

CONCORD, N.C. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. did not climb into his Sprint Cup car alone last season. He was accompanied by fear. Not fear of crashing or getting busted up or being burned. Those things he could face. What scared Earnhardt was failure.

The entire racing world was watching the son....

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