There�s only one award in professional motorsports that�s based on votes from racing fans and this year, fans chose Dale Earnhardt Jr. as the 2003 Grands! Biscuits National Motorsports Press Association NASCAR Most Popular Driver. Fans cast more than three million votes in the 2003 Most Popular Driver Race. Earnhardt Jr.�s win marks the first time both a son and a father have received the Most Popular Driver honor:

"Is quite an inspiration and I know how much winning the award meant to him and so it�s pretty interesting to be in that list of names."

Following Earnhardt Jr. In the Most Popular Driver standings were Jeff Gordon in second place and Kevin Harvick in third. Log on to w-w-w-dot-mostpopulardriver-dot-com for more details.

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