Dale Jr shooting for the Top 10: #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. enters today’s race 88 points behind #28-Ricky Rudd for 10th place in the season standings. The top 10 are invited to New York for the postseason banquet, so there is a level of prestige on the line. “It’s a boost for the team,” Earnhardt Jr. said of a possible top-10 finish. “I think it’s an accomplishment to say you got something out of the season. This ain’t the season we wanted to have or expected to have, but looking back six or seven races ago, I’m glad to be in this position to at least get something.”(Roanoke Times)(11-10-2002)
