Didn't want to lap him?

Question

I'm semi-watching ESPN and they have some show on Dale Earnhardt Junior. I'm not a race fan at all (waiting for the USA basketball game to come on) but I heard part of something that really struck me.

Junior was apparently leading a race but didn't want to lap his team mate (Gordon I think), so he stayed back a little but in doing so, hit a wall and messed up his car. He was able to finish in 5th place, but I just thought that was cool (if it's true) that he didn't want to lap his team mate and sacrificed a win for it.

Is this true and if so, what race was it?

Thanks.

Answer 1

He has no ambition to do his best just cruises around cause hes rich

Answer 2

Yes it's true but I can't remember what race.

Answer 3

Teamwork!  Team courtesy.  I don't know what race, but it is not unheard of!

Go Jr.>>>>

Answer 4

It's true. If I hadn't erased it off my DVR I would've tried to find out which race it was for you. I just checked my guide and 2 reruns of the series are on ESPN2 Sunday morning if you want to check it out again. I will be ;)

Answer 5

i'm pretty sure it's true - it happens quite a lot amongst teammates. not always, but if the leader has a big enough lead and can afford to sandbag a little to keep his teammate on the lead lap should a caution come out, they generally do - at least throughtful teammates do...

;-)