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Phil Rosenthal: Dale Earnhardt Jr. circles back to NASCAR for NBC

CHICAGO - After years of driving round and round, NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. climbed out of his car, joined NBC Sports and hit the road.

"We just haven't said no to anything," Earnhardt said one afternoon this week, shortly after appearances on the "Today" show, "The Dan Patrick Show" and "Megyn Kelly Today" but before beating Jimmy Fallon in a cooler scooter race on "The Tonight Show."

En route to his scheduled debut as a regular race commentator at Joliet's Chicagoland Speedway with Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series Overton's 300 on NBCSN and Sunday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Overton's 400 on NBC-5, Earnhardt couldn't have

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