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Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads final Daytona 500 practice

NASCAR fan favorite and now Daytona 500 favorite, Dale Earnhardt Jr. again showed why he is the man to beat in Sunday's 58th running of the Great American Race.

In Saturday's final Sprint Cup practice, Earnhardt went 197.131 mph around the 2.5-mile restrictor-plate track.

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Earnhardt has been fast throughout Speedweeks at the wheel of a racecar he dubbed Amelia. He has the best time in Feb. 13's first practice session and won Thursday's first Can-Am Duels race.