Happy Birthday to Dale Jr., who turns 34 today. Since making his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut at age 24, Dale Jr. has recorded 18 wins, 85 top-five finishes, 135 top-10s and eight pole positions. He has logged 91,292 laps and led 6,381.

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Chase Update:
A rough day on the guys at Talladega in the Amp Energy 500. It started with big possibilities as Martin, Kyle, and Dale Jr.  ran at or near the front early all leading laps, then Martin got caught in a wreck on lap 68 and would end up in 41st place.

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The 2nd Annual BusinessWeek “Power 100″ poll ranking the most powerful people in sports is now out with Tiger Woods taking the top spot.

Couple notes on the rankings:

-UnCommon Thinking clients ranked: (1) Tiger Woods, (38) Dale Earnhardt Jr., (50) Danica Patrick. Note on David Beckham below. 

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Chase Update:
Dale Jr.  finished in 13th, Kyle in 28th, and Martin in 43rd yesterday at Kansas. Dale Jr. moved up one spot to 8th, Kyle remained in 12th, and Martin dropped one to 16th. Amazing what has happened to Kyle the last three weeks, after dominating for the first 26 weeks – never would have guessed he would struggle with mechanical problems the way he has.

David Beckham in Chicago:
David and the Galaxy were in Chicago to play the Fire on Thursday, but they fell 3-1. “That’s soccer,” David said after the game. “Some days are good and some are bad. We need to pick ourselves up from here. We are running out of games.”

Beckham:
David had an assist as the Galaxy beat DC United 5-2 yesterday.

On the Track:
A weekend to forget at Dover – Martin led the way with a 20th place finish, Dale Jr. had a blown tire and finished 3-laps down in 24th, and Kyle had engine problems and finished in 43rd. Dale Jr. dropped to 9th and Kyle to 12th in the Chase Standings. Next week the guys will be racing at Kansas Speedway…

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This year I was able to go see a few of Danica’s races, including the Indy 500. It wasn’t a great season, but she got her first win. She recently had a chance to sit down and summarize her season and give thanks to her fans. You can read her full journal entry at www.danicaracing.com > News Desk > Journals.
“…First of all I want to thank all my fans for being so supportive, you guys and gals are GREAT! Yes I do hear you cheering!!”

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