There was a moment late in the Daytona 500 when Dale Earnhardt Jr. had a moment to catch his breath. Steve Letarte, the crew chief and cheerleader who had rebuilt Earnhardt's crumpled confidence and returned him to a championship contender, used the moment under caution to settle his driver. It's hard to enjoy it,'' Earnhardt said, before he paused. ''I'm enjoying particular pieces of it, but the entire experience is driving me crazy.'' That's the albatross that was strapped to the back of NASCAR's most popular driver as closed in on his second Daytona 500 victory. More...