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Jr's radio cut off on Trackpass about half way through the race......here is the written version. He wasn't too chatty today anyway.

Want to ride with Dale Earnhardt Jr.? Well, we can't put you in his Chevrolet Monte Carlo -- for one thing, there's only one seat -- but we can put you inside his head.

OK, just his helmet. Throughout the rest of the Nextel Cup season, come back here to see what Junior and his crew talk about on the radio.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. dropped to second in the standings at Michigan, but he's only seven points behind leader Jimmie Johnson

BEST RADIO CONVERSATIONS
Struggling with an ill-handling car, there was little chatter from Dale Jr. during much of the race. As the race progressed, Dale Jr. suddenly began passing a series of cars to climb into the top-five with 20 laps remaining.
Stevie Reeves (spotter): "You're getting offa (turn) two good now... "
Dale Jr. (with urgency): "Don't jinx it!"
Within the final 10 laps, Greg Biffle and Tony Stewart crashed in front of Dale Jr, who was hit from behind by Kevin Harvick, flattening the right rear tire.

Dale Jr.: "I just about crashed this (car)! I hit the wall there — just barely.... Something's wrong — I have a flat tire."
Reeves: "I can have the 29 car (Harvick) take a look and see if it's flat..."
Dale Jr.: "It's flat! It's coming apart!" Do you want me to come in this time?"
Tony Eury Jr. (car chief): "If you come in now, you'll have to go to the end of the longest line, but if you can go slow and stay out without tearing the fender off, try that."
Dale Jr. (after passing the pit lane for another lap): "I don't know when it went flat. I went into the corner and got into all that oil and I couldn't keep it out of the wall..."
After the race had ended under a yellow flag:

Dale Jr.: "I have no brakes!"
Tony Jr.: "You'll have to crank the (brake) bias all the way to the front to have any brakes."
Dale Jr.: "Ohhhhhh... I'm already waaaay ahead of ya buddy. I have no (brake) pedal! It was a (bad) day..."
Tony Jr.: "Yeah, we can't be lucky every week. We've been trying to have a bad day for three weeks now."

HE SAID IT
"Where did we finish? 21st? Well, we were probably worse than that most of the day... we were terrible. The car wouldn't turn and we tried everything to make it better. We put (spring) rubbers in, we took 'em out, we moved 'em from the back to the front, we took two tires... we tried it all and never really hit on anything. I had a few laps near the end that were pretty good — we worked our way toward the front for awhile, but the car wouldn't turn, it wouldn't go."

TODAY'S STATS
Started: 11th
Finished: 21st
Points: 2nd (dropped one position, -7 points to leader)
Best Pit Stop: Pit stop number one of eight / four tires and fuel / 13.15 seconds

Come on JunBug you're losing the championship....... From the home pit crew. ;-( See you in Sonoma ooooops Infineon.