by Holly Cain

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. LAS VEGAS — Dale Earnhardt Jr. jetted into Las Vegas Thursday to pick up his seventh consecutive NASCAR Most Popular Driver Award, but it was another driver — Danica Patrick — that quickly dominated the brief post-award interview session before he boarded his plane for the immediate return trip home to North Carolina.

Earnhardt confirmed that his sister Kelley Earnhardt Elledge — a new minority owner in his JR Motorsports Nationwide team — has been negotiating with Patrick about a part-time schedule in one of his Chevrolets. He said he was not involved in any talks.

“I’m not in the middle of it at all,” said Earnhardt. “I don’t get involved in the Danica deal in the negotiations at all, purposefully.”

 

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