Dale Earnhardt Jr. managed an 11th-place finish despite riding the struggle bus all day at Dover International Speedway.
After taking off 11th in Sunday’s AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Earnhardt was able to climb back up to break even by finishing where he started.
Earnhardt avoided a huge multi-car pile-up on the backstretch coming to the white-flag lap. The incident allowed Earnhardt’s Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Jimmie Johnson, to cruise to his 83rd career victory while tying Cale Yarborough on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series all-time wins list.
“I don’t know what happened at the end there were just cars crashing everywhere,” Earnhardt said.