| TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Armed with a pen and a piece of scrap paper, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., sat down in his motor coach Sunday morning and began to scribble down fuel mileage scenarios.
NASCAR had mandated a smaller fuel cell for the EA Sports 500, and he was unsure exactly how far he could stretch a 12.5-gallon fuel load.
After a few minutes of figuring, he came to the conclusion that 38 laps -- 101 miles -- was the maximum distance his Chevrolet could go. It was a good thing for him, then, that he took the lead for the final time with precisely 38 laps remaining.
He took the checkers for the third-straight time at the 2.66-mile track, then ran out of gas on the stroll to Victory Lane.
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