As Dale Earnhardt Jr. stood on Richmond International Raceway pit road late Friday night watching one of his JR Motorsports (JRM) drivers, veteran Kevin Harvick essentially schooling the Nationwide Series field, and another JRM driver 18-year old Chase Elliott make himself Harvick's best competition, it occurred to Earnhardt that life at the track is pretty doggone good these days. JRM is also 1-2 in the championship standings -- two-time winner Elliott by 19-points over teammate Regan Smith, who also has a win and eight top-10 finishes in eight races. Four JRM victories in eight races is the kind of A-game not only earning headlines and respect, but deservedly turning heads in the garage.
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