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 TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) - Teammates Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Michael Waltrip will start near the back of the field Sunday in the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway. Nobody expects them to stay there long.
"They have a great race package," said Elliott Sadler, starting third in the 43-car field. "I think they're going to be the ones to beat when it's all said and done."
Scott Riggs, starting fourth, said none of the competitors have been lulled by Earnhardt and Waltrip qualifying 36th and 38th for the Nextel Cup event on the 2.66-mile oval. Everyone is aware the Dale Earnhardt Inc. drivers have combined to win nine of the last 16 races at Talladega and Daytona, the only tracks at which NASCAR requires horsepower-sapping carburetor restrictor plates to slow the cars.
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