Dale Jr. wants back in victory lane

Dale Earnhardt Jr. was disappointed with his fourth-place finish in Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas. After his winningest season in NASCAR's top series in a decade and a non-points win in the first Budweiser Duel at Daytona, Earnhardt finished third at both Daytona and Atlanta before the west coast trip began. Three straight top-five finishes isn't bad, but Earnhardt said after Sunday's race "if it ain't first, it's not a win." And at least one other driver, Kevin Harvick, has had even more success in the past few months with six straight top-two points race finishes and a series championship in the middle of it. Harvick's success is one of many factors that further fuels Earnhardt's hunger to get another points win.