Dale Earnhardt, Jr. makes a good pick for Daytona

This weekend, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series goes restrictor-plate racing at the Daytona International Speedway for a 400-mile race, the Coke Zero 400.

Obviously when you think if drivers who have been dominant at restrictor plate tracks, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. comes to mind.

But in his last restrictor plate race, which was at Talladega earlier this season, Earnhardt had car issues that caused him to finish 39th out of 40th in the pack.

But just think. Earnhardt won that exact Talladega race in 2015. Plus, Daytona is one of Earnhardt's better tracks, where he has won two Daytona 500s  (2004 and 2014), along with two Coke Zero 400 victories (2001 and 2015).

The 2001 victory (The race was sponsored by Pepsi back then, called the Pepsi 400) is possibly one of Earnhardt's most memorable victories to date, where his father, Dale Earnhardt passed away in a wreck in the last lap of the Daytona 500 that February.

The win was a great one for the Earnhardt family, as it was evident of how emotional Earnhardt was in victory lane at the same track his father lost his life at earlier in the year.

But Earnhardt's 2015 Coke Zero 400 victory was a bit scary, as a huge wreck occured behind the leaders that caused Austin Dillon's No. 3 Chevrolet to fly off the race course and into the catchfence.

Dillon exited the car unhurt after many people rushed to the car to make sure he was okay.

But let's get into our analysis of what we're trying to say.

Earnhardt has four-career Sprint Cup wins at Daytona, and he is definitely one of the drivers that we wouldn't hesitate to pick for our fantasy NASCAR team for any restrictor-plate race.