<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources . Please help by adding reliable sources . Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately . Find sources: "Dale Earnhardt Jr ."--news newspapers books scholar JSTOR (June 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> At the end of the 2014, Earnhardt Jr.'s crew chief Steve Letarte departed Hendrick Motorsports to join NASCAR on NBC's broadcasting team . Letarte was replaced by Chase Elliott's 2014 Xfinity crew chief Greg Ives . Due to National Guard dropping their motorsports sponsorships, Earnhardt Jr. also got a new sponsor in the form of Nationwide Insurance . </P> <P> Earnhardt Jr. kicked off 2015 with a ninth - place finish in the Sprint Unlimited . On February 19, he won Budweiser Duel No. 1 in what was his fourth triumph in the Budweiser Duels . In the Daytona 500, he led for over 30 laps but on one of the last restarts, he made a move that mired him in the middle without help, and fell back to 16th with 15 laps to go, but managed to make his way back to third place by the last lap . This was his fifth Top 3 finish in the Daytona 500 in six years, after his runner - up finishes in 2010, 2012 and 2013, and his win in 2014 . </P> <P> At Atlanta, Earnhardt Jr. came home with another third - place finish and at Las Vegas, he finished fourth, scoring his third Top 5 finish after taking two tires during green flag pit - stops with 30 laps to go . At Phoenix, he had his worst finish of the year, with a last place finish after a tire - blowout . At Auto Club, he finished 6th . At Martinsville, he also ran inside the Top 20 until a tire - blowout made him get involved in a massive pileup that destroyed the front end of his car . Because of this crash, he would go on to finish 36th . At Texas, he narrowly was beaten by Kevin Harvick for second place . At Bristol, he ran as high as third until a loose wheel put him down two laps down . Although he never got them back, he was able to bring home a 16th - place finish only two laps down . At Richmond, he ran in the Top 10 all day until he and Tony Stewart made contact but managed to finish 14th . </P>

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