Earnhardt Jr. earns pole for Sunday's Texas Cup race

[Da-Chief]

The thunderous cheering that erupted Friday at Texas Motor Speedway when Dale Earnhardt Jr. posted his pole-winning qualifying lap stood in sharp contrast to the stunned silence that followed rookie Michael McDowell's frightening crash earlier in the session.http://rss.nascar.com/~r/rss/news_cup/~4/264321131

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