When the green flag falls to start Saturday night’s Monster Energy All-Star Race, it will be Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s last appearance in the $1 million-to-win extravaganza at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
During his career, the third-generation racer has posted one victory, six top fives and 14 top 10s in the all-star event, where Earnhardt has posted an average finish of 7.824.
Certainly, there have been many memorable all-star races in Earnhardt’s career, but none was bigger than his very first one.
Wheeler, who had an excellent track record of picking all-star winners, tapped Earnhardt Jr. just weeks after the third-generation driver became eligible by winning his first points race at Texas Motor Speedway.