LONG POND, Pa. -- He's overseeing Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s best season in a decade, but crew chief Steve Letarte isn't second-guessing his decision to step away from the pit box at the end of this year. Beginning with the 2015 campaign Letarte will become a race analyst for NBC, which returns as a NASCAR broadcast partner next year. And those plans will not change, even though Earnhardt on Sunday clinched his first multi-victory season at the sport's top level since he won six times with Dale Earnhardt Inc. in 2004. More...