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By no means was the Budweiser Shootout the start that Henricks Motorsports was looking for.
Saturday afternoon  at Daytona International Speedway, Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the front row for the 2010 Daytona 500, the biggest race of the season.
Just hours after the Hendrick pole sweep, the team had four of the 24 cars competing in the Shootout. But Martin got caught in an early crash and finished 20th, with teammates Jimmie Johnson (13th), Earnhardt (11th) and Gordon (8th) not finishing where they would have liked, either.

But that was then.

This week, the game will be totally  different and the Hendrick group hopes it will be much better as well, at least from a team standpoint.

At the Gatorade Duels at Daytona Thursday Mark Martin will start on the pole for the first of two 150-mile qualifying races, and Jr will start on the poll for the second  150 mile qualifier.

The Gatorade Duels don’t mean a whole lot to Hendricks from a stand point of where they finish all four teams are in the top 35 in points from last year and are guaranteed a spot on the 2010 Daytona 500. What  it is for is to see what kinda a car they have for the 500. The Duels will give them a good indication what they have for Sundays race.

I already know that Dale Earnhardt Jr fans are concerned on the way JR performed at the Budweiser shootout. It was surprising being that Daytona has always been a track for Dale JR.

All we can do is sit back and see what happens next.

Till next week, see ya.

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