 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - MuSprint Cup Series, Earnhardt akarova kumuka kuduku, uye mumakwikwi mashanu okutanga emwaka wacho akarekodha zvitatu zveTop 5 uye zvishanu zveTop 10. Zvakatanga nomugumo wechipiri kumumwe wake Jimmie Johnson muDaytona 500, mugumiriri wechitatu waEarnhardt mumakwikwi e500 kubvira muna 2010. Vhiki rakatevera muPhoenix, akatungamira kwemavhiki e47, asi akadzoserwa kumashure mumugwagwa panguva yebhasikoro rekuchenjerera mureza pit inomira, iyo yakabvumira Carl Edwards kutora kutungamira apo Junior akapedza munzvimbo yechishanu. Izvi zvakateverwa nedzimwe nzvimbo mbiri dzepamusoro gumi: yechinomwe muLas Vegas uye yechitanhatu muBristol. PaFontana, Earnhardt akatanga pakati pezvikwata uye mushure mekukanganisa kwakati wandei kusanganisira kumira kwenguva refu kunokonzerwa nekupotsa nuts lug pane vhiri rekumashure rerudyi, akauya kumba munzvimbo yechipiri, achifungidzira kuti mapoinzi anotungamira semhedzisiro yeBrad Keselowski achienda kunze kwekumhanya uye achidzokera kumashure. Mavhiki maviri gare gare muMartinsville, Earnhardt akatambura munhangemutange yese, uye akabuda mushure mekunge Danica Patrick arohwa naBrian Vickers uye akatumirwa kuEarnhardt uye akapedzisira apedza 24th, 2 laps pasi, achirasikirwa nemapoinzi anotungamira kuna Jimmie Johnson. 