Ives makes it official: ‘Amelia’ is back
CONCORD, N.C. — It’s official: one of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s favorite cars will make its return this weekend.
“Amelia” is back.
In 2015, Amelia earned three wins — a Duel at Daytona International Speedway, the May race at Talladega Superspeedway and the July race at Daytona – in addition to a third-place finish in the Daytona 500 and a second-place result in the second Talladega race.
Earnhardt’s average finish of 1.75 while driving Amelia in the four superspeedway points races last season led all competitors.
So it was no surprise that the chassis would make its return this season for the Daytona 500 this season. It looked like another successful run was in the works, but as Earnhardt looked to jump back into the top five with 30 laps remaining, the No. 88 Chevy SS was caught up in an incident that sent him to a 36th-place finish.
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