TALLADEGA, AL - NOVEMBER 01: Dale Earnhardt Jr. , driver of the #88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet, comes in for a pit stop during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on November 1, 2009 in Talladega, Alabama. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

TALLADEGA, AL - NOVEMBER 01: Dale Earnhardt Jr. , driver of the #88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet, comes in for a pit stop during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on November 1, 2009 in Talladega, Alabama.

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  1. HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 22: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet, races against David Reutimann, driver of the #00 Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota, during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida.
  2. HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 22: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet, pits during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida.
  3. HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 22: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet, pits during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida.
  4. HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 21: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (L), driver of the #88 National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet, stands in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 21, 2009 in Homestead, Florida.
  5. HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 21: The helmet of Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet, rest on top of a tool box in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 21, 2009 in Homestead, Florida.
  6. HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 21: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet, stands in the garage prior to practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 21, 2009 in Homestead, Florida.
  7. Gov. John Lynch, D-N.H., center, helps load gifts with Santa and the National Guard in Concord, N.H., Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009.
  8. An Oregon National Guard Blackhawk helicopter flies over cloud-shrouded Mount Hood as the search for two missing climbers continues as seen from Timberline Lodge in Government Camp, Ore., Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. Weather conditions improved early in the day allowing searchers a window of opportunity to search for Anthony Vietti, 24, of Longview, Wash., and Katie Nolan, 29, of Portland, before a large winter storm blows in later in the day.
  9. An Oregon National Guard Blackhawk helicopter flies over cloud-shrouded Mount Hood as the search for two missing climbers continues as seen from Timberline Lodge in Government Camp, Ore., Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. Weather conditions improved early in the day allowing searchers a window of opportunity to search for Anthony Vietti, 24, of Longview, Wash., and Katie Nolan, 29, of Portland, before a large winter storm blows in later in the day.
  10. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin looks at a photograph of an Alaska National Guard Helicopter that she flew in on a tour of Hurricane Ike that was shown to her by Daniel Rutan a retired National Guard Master Sergeant, left. Palin was at Elmendorf Air Force Base's Joint Military Mall for a signing of her book, "Going Rogue." Palin's agent Juanita Fuller is shown to the right.
  11. Capt. Erika Procopio, right, hugs Marion Gray before a deployment ceremony in Burlington, Vt., Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. Procopio and members of the 1st of the 172nd cavalry squadron are headed to Camp Atterbury, Ind., part of a 1,500-strong contingent of Vermont National Guard members headed to Afghanistan. Procopio lost her husband, 2nd Lt. Mark Procopio of Burlington when he was killed Nov. 2007 by a homemade bomb while on patrol in Ramadi. Gray lost her stepson, Sgt. Jamie Gray, 29, who was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in June 2004.
  12. Sgt. 1st Class Terry Austin of Swanton, Vt., shares a quiet moment with his wife, Diane, before a deployment ceremony in Burlington, Vt., Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. Members of the 1st of the 172nd cavalry squadron are headed to Camp Atterbury, Ind., part of a 1,500-strong contingent of Vermont National Guard members headed to Afghanistan.
  13. NASCAR driver Mark Martin (5), left, battles for the lead with Juan Pablo Montoya (42) on a restart near the end of the Sylvania 300, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009.
  14. NASCAR driver Mark Martin celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Sylvania 300 NASCAR auto race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009.
  15. NASCAR driver Mark Martin (5) celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Sylvania 300 NASCAR race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009.
  16. NASCAR driver Mark Martin, center, celebrates his win in Sunday's Sylvania 300 auto race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009.

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