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Dale Earnhardt Jr. ran his one-off Xfinity Series race on Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.<\/p>\n
Since retiring as a Cup Series competitor after the 2017 season, Earnhardt has been running one Xfinity Series race a year. A fourth place finish at Richmond and a fifth place finish at Darlington was joined by a fifth place run at Homestead-Miami on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Following the race Earnhardt was unsure of how many more races he would run.<\/p>\n
“Right now I think it\u2019s going to stay the same, I\u2019m not doing any more, that\u2019s for sure and I can say that with confidence,\u201d said Earnhardt. \u201cI don\u2019t know how many more of these I\u2019ll do, this might be the last one. And this ain\u2019t no tease, or anything like that, I\u2019m not trying to be annoying about it. It\u2019s a lot of a commitment.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019ve got to decide if I\u2019m helping things or not. I really enjoy it, I really do. There\u2019s got to be a point where I decide to make the change to broadcasting entirely. That said, being in the car today, I certainly learned a lot that will help me in the booth.<\/p>\n
“I just gotta think about it \u2013 I certainly don\u2019t wanna run more, one is plenty. It\u2019s a great series, we\u2019ll just see how it goes. It\u2019s a tough question to answer and I\u2019m sorry about that.”<\/p>\n
After starting 12th, Earnhardt made his way up the field and led four laps. The event was going well for his JR Motorsports team in the closing laps of the Hooters 250 with Noah Gragson in position to win and Earnhardt second. A late race caution saw all that go away and gave Harrison Burton the opportunity he needed to score the win.<\/p>\n
Gragson finished third, Earnhardt finished fifth.\u00a0 Driving another JR Motorsports entry Michael Annett finished sixth on the day while Justin Allgaier was relegated to a 32nd place finish.<\/p>\n
The No. 8 car will be turned over to Daniel Hemric for the second half of the Xfinity Series double header at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Crew chief Taylor Moyer will be back on the box. TV coverage starts at noon on FS1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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