Officials look over the car of Patrick Carpentier (10) as Dale Earnhardt Jr. crosses the finish line ahead of Kasey Kahne (9), Matt Kenseth (17) and Brian Vickers (83) to win the LifeLock 400 win at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., Sunday, June 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

While his fans and pretty much the entire stock car racing world fretted over a winless streak that had stretched for more than two years, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was having a little trouble getting all worked up about it.

"As much as I wanted to win, I couldn't get away from just feeling really fortunate," Earnhardt Jr. said Sunday at Michigan International Speedway after ending that drought with a gut-wrenching, fuel-saving, plot-snarling win in the LifeLock 400