the Ledger from Lakeland, FL reports: “Although he believes his driver “should be OK,” Richard Childress said Tuesday he isn’t absolutely certain Dale Earnhardt will be able to compete in the Daytona 500. And that Childress said Earnhardt is improving and is about 80%(The Ledger). My bet is that DE Sr will run the Daytona 500. And a PitNow story says Earnhardt expects to test at Las Vegas on Feb 1st(1-20-2000)
