Where else do you go and barely make the field and cry tears of joy?” The answer is Daytona, the place that means so much to the Earnhardt family.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. after Justin Allgaier put the JR Motorsports car in the Daytona 500: “Where else do you go and barely make the field and cry tears of joy?"

For Dale Earnhardt Jr., it was his first attempt at the Daytona 500 as an owner. For a retired driver who won two Harley J. Earl trophies, simply making the race appeared to rank right up there with his two 500 victories.