2010 NASCAR Sprint Media Tour Wednesday (Day 3)

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(Left to right) Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., RIck Hendrick, Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon pose for a team picture at Hendrick Motorsports Wednesday on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Media Tour Hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. via nascar-assets.americaneagle.com

Next stop: Hendrick Motorsports!

Jimmie Johnson's Drive For Five is alive and well; "Success makes you want to experience more success," said Johnson. "We've had an amazing run of four years. We certainly want to keep it up, keep it going. I feel very good with the fact that our team is intact and together.

Dale Earnhardt Jr is looking forward to the season; "I want to compete and match the progress and success that the rest of the company's having," Earnhardt Jr. said. "I want to be on that level."

"I would really like to put together complete races where we're competitive throughout the event and we're able to get finishes that are good finishes, and those are top-fives and wins," said Earnhardt Jr. "Wins are what everybody's out there racing for, but if we could put together complete races without mistakes, without me making mistakes, without issues and problems arising, that's definitely going to signal some progress."

If you want a great post about Earnhardt's difficulties on Pit Row last year then go to Jeff Gluck's temporary blog and read his post. Great story!

Mark Martin would get rid of the yellow line rule on the last lap; "In a perfect world, no, I wouldn't have that," Martin said. "But if we're trying to really treat the race fans, I'm willing to wreck from Turn 4 to the start-finish line on the last lap for the show. I just don't want to have to do it for the first 10 laps. I want to get at least that close to the finish before all hell breaks loose."

Honestly I don't think Mark Martin would have had said that he would be willing to wreck from Turn 4 to the Finish line for the show 10 or 15 years ago.

Hall of Fame reveals some artifacts including Ricky Craven's #32 Tide Darlington winner; "(Team owner) Cal (Wells) had built the car for me as a gift," Craven said. "The car is special. The car actually won the pole the year before. And I probably should've won that race, but I ended in a heap. The guys rebuilt that car and brought it back, and we qualified 32nd I think. The reason it's not displayed today like it was at the end of the race is because it was my favorite car.

"We wore this car. Cal rebuilt it and presented to me as a gift."

"It was the last Pontiac to win in the sport, and it carries some history as the closest finish in the existence of the sport," Craven said.

On a personal note, I want to say that that Darlington finish has to be one of the greatest ever and I'm glad the 32 car is in the hall - can't wait to see it!

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. talks to the media during the Hendrick Motorsports lunch Wednesday on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Media Tour Hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. via nascar-assets.americaneagle.com