Stats breakdown: How Junior does on 'birthday race'

With Dale Jr.’s 40th birthday one day before Charlotte, we took a look at how he does on race closest to birthday

In case you haven’t heard, today is Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s 40th birthday.

Naturally, it begs the question: How does the Hendrick Motorsports driver do in the race that falls closest to his birthday?

And what about when a race actually falls on his birthday?

Check out the table below to see how Junior fares in these races — we’ve bolded the ones that occured on his actual birth date. Maybe it’ll give you some insight into how he’ll do in Saturday’s Bank of America 500 (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC).

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