Dale Earnhardt Jr. sits in his car during practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 auto race in Concord, N.C., Thursday, May 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. sits in his car during practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 auto race in Concord, N.C., Thursday, May 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn)
Dale Earnhardt Jr, right, talks to a crew member before practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 auto race in Concord, N.C., Thursday, May 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. speaks to the media before practice for Saturday's NASCAR Sprint Cup All-Star auto race in Concord, N.C., Friday, May 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn)
Dale Earnhardt Jr., right, and team owner Rick Hendrick pose with the trophy in victory lane after Earnhardt won the NASCAR Sprint Showdown auto race in Concord, N.C., Saturday, May 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) ? At first Dale Earnhardt Jr. was relieved he didn't fall further back than seventh at last year's Coca-Cola 600. Then he realized what he had lost for just about a gallon of gas.
Earnhardt was on the way to ending a three-year Sprint Cup winless drought at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2011 when he ran out of gas coming out of turn four with the lead. Instead of celebrating a much-needed victory, Earnhardt's time without a win has grown to 140 races dating back to Michigan in 2008.
Earnhardt's back to try again Sunday night and thinks he's got as strong a car as he had a year ago. Earnhardt won the Sprint Showdown at last week's All-Star race and will start 12th.
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