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Dale Earnhart Jr. announced today that  DEI and Him  are going their seperate ways.  He will no longer be driving for DEI

Get out! They were so close in negotiations. Holy crap. I can't believe this

Hendricks + dale JR = CHAMPIONSHIP  :o

I can't wait to see where he goes I think Hendrick is a good team I mean they have won what 7 out of 10 races but who really know where he will go I heard this morning that he was going to race for JR Motorsports with Hendricks engines but he just said he did not know where he was racing it depends on who wants him

Playtex is starting a team next year...but, they ill have to pull some strings to get him.... LOL

lol that was nice Swamp so are you back to work yet?

I hope he goes to Hendrick & I hope they bring him in with his dads old paint scheme. Anyone notice that Harvick isnt painted black with Goodwrench anymore? When I realized Harvick wasnt in those colors, I told a few friends that Jr was gonna leave DEI or Goodwrench was gonna jump over to DEI. Last week a on TV they kept saying that he finalized a deal with DEI?

 I am supposed to be off my leg...been @ work everyday :P  Going back the 29th, the day after mem weekend...tear it up real good @ RR then go get it fixed ;D

whosajigawhat?

holy crap,,,,,I'm no JR fan, but this is amazing.

who thinks he's gonna go race for Waltrip?

 :W

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JR. is going to race for his own team. JR. MOTORSPORTS and so is martin truex jr. hendrick will be supplying the engines. dont know who will supply the chassis but i think it will be  (forgot his name but he drove for harvick in the truck series). possibly jarret will switch teams and go to dei next year.

 I say he goes with Richard Childress Racing. They do own the #3. He could get the number and the sponsor and try to fill his Dad shoe's.

Engines and Chassies will be supplied by Hendrick from what I have read

Alright Larry, Leave the comedy to the professionals. ;D

 Yep sounds right to me.

excuse me and my ignorance on NASCAR, but doesnt Dale own DEI?

His dad and step-mpm owned it, when Dad died Step mom took it over.

 her only qualification was...she slept with a race car driver. ???

She is going to ruin that company, none of the drivers can stand her, she should of agreed to Jr's terms of 51% ownership.  I hope he drives his dad's old #3, he is the only driver that ever should allowed to race that #3.  It would bring some heart back into Nascar.

oh i see! that is crazy! she has no business running DEI. if the co should have went to anybody it should have been JR!

What do you think the future of DEI will be?

ffffwwwwwwwwwwww boom!

I think we all seen this coming. Who could race for that b!tch of a stepmom !!! Leave it to a woman to ruin  such a good race team his father created .

Next year : RCR Racing , #08 , Budweiser sponsor  ;)

NASCAR Driver Insider!!!!    ;D ;) :o

that would be nice but he said that he is pretty sure Terresa will keep the 08 b/c DEI owns it I think they own the sponsership also.

I would love to see him a RCR  he already said he will be in a Chevy so I think the 3 options would be

RCR, Gibbs, or his team JRM

b/c Hendrick is already full he can't race there

I thought I read somewhere that Budweiser is following Jr...

here is a quote of from him in his news conference

"We have a great relationship with Budweiser and those things will be discussed."

so I think it is still up in the air ! ! ! !

http://www.nascar.com/video/cup/2007/05/10/cup.press.junior.open.nascar/frameset.exclude.html?MostPopular (http://www.nascar.com/video/cup/2007/05/10/cup.press.junior.open.nascar/frameset.exclude.html?MostPopular)

here is the news conference

This is what I read...

Now, Earnhardt must decide which team is the best fit for him. He said he would like to continue to drive Chevrolets, which will limit his options. It's also likely his primary sponsor, Budweiser, will move with him to the new team.

They just said it was likely...So I will go with the 'still up in the air'.

I hope he does.

this is what I would like to see


RCR - # 3 car in Black and either Budweiser or Goodwrench sponser does anyone have the Goodwrench sponsership as of now?

Jr. needs a change anyway. He had some success afew years ago. But latley he's had some bad luck.  A change might do him some good.  He'll defintely stay with Bud and I think with chevolet

  He will get plenty of offers and sponsership.........that step -mom will get flushed soon...all the DEI people will be following him to his next pit stop...............

I'm no fan of hers but don't count DEI out yet.She kept it going for a couple years without Dale and it was / is still very successful.I'm not talking specifically wins I'm talking sponsorships,advertising,sales etc etc. It will never be as successfull as it was with Dale or JR int the camp but it's still a strong company and with the right driver and a few wins who knows?

TEI  :D  " LIke a museum"   ~Tony Stewart~

Read and 2nd think things  ;)http://www.racingone.com/article.aspx?artnum=35248

Budweiser would be crazy for not staying with him.He could get any sponsor he wants.As far as Goodwrench I'm almost positive their not sponsoring anyone.I no they dropped Harvick(now penzoil is primary sponsor) but they might still be a "small sponsor".

Go JR!!!!!

"Budweiser, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Dale Earnhardt, Inc. have enjoyed a great relationship since 1999. Dale Jr., and his father before him, have been excellent and loyal ambassadors for our company and the sport of NASCAR. Budweiser and JR Motorsports have an agreement in place to ensure Dale Jr. will continue to personally represent Budweiser through 2008, and we look forward to discussing our future with Dale Jr. and DEI in the weeks ahead."

--Tony Ponturo, vice president, global media and sports marketing, Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

this is what Bud has to say about the situation

bud stays with Jr. the #8 stays with dei. Dale jr. met with rcr racing till late last night and if he goes to rcr would not drive the #3 but the 33 according to espn a few seconds ago

i think he will go to RCR and drive the 8 if DEI will sell it. he will probably keep Bud. they would be stupid for not staying with him. i would personally hate to see him drive the 3 car. nobody should ever be able to drive it again. jr is an actor then race car driver. he spends more time doin commercials and crap than he does at the track. he is really not that great a driver. yea he won a daytona 500 but look at some other losers that won that race. anyone can win there. he has some other wins too but there are probably 15 drivers that are better than him right now. maybe 20.

Sacrilege, you can't say that ;-)

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I still say he's going to drive for Waltrip.

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He wouldn't stoop so low as to drive a riceburner  >:D

them toys can't even qualify week after week  ;D  ;D

Yes he would...I already have him set to drive the KING QUAD next year ;)

Toyota is gonna be a force to be reckoned with in 3-5 years. look at the trucks. a chevy/ford dominated series was completely taken over by Toyota. has anyone else even won a race this season? at daytona there were 9 of 10 in the top 5 in qualifying. if they get some decent drivers and nascar quits riggin the races so hendrick wins, Toyota will kick some butt. i cant wait either.

I knew the truck series talk would come up. Thats the little league son. Cup is the big boys. Just look @ all the x-cup drivers in that series that couldn't cut the mustard in Cup.

 And with that "can't wait either" attitude. You & millions of other people in this country with that "lets buy foreign" attitude. By the time your my age (46) , you will have long been useing Yen instead of Dollars.

Just think about that for a while !! Have a nice day  :)

My Toyota was made more in America than your "domestic" cars.

i tried to pry some info out of my boss because his son is the gas man for truex jr. and emplyed by dei. he said that dale jr. is still being very secretive and hasnt released much info. but most likely truex still has two years on his contract with dei and will wait that out because hes not worth the money for dale or rcr to buy out his contract.  dale jr. will most likely race for rcr with probably a black #3 budweiswer. this is what ive heard from a dei employee

That solves it...then it must be gospel :ThumbsUp.gif  ;)

Junior to Henrick

thats great! all the major morons in NASCAR are at hendrick now. all we need now is for hendrick to fall on their face.

Like thats gonna happen with this treo. Hendricks has the market cornered now.

HENDRICKS MOTORSPORTS THE "YANKEES" OF NASCAR.... :-\

lol... I was going to type something to that effect on my last post but chaged my mind....

What you rednecks gonna do now? Put Budweiser in your Kellogs?

lol, im sure it has been done.

Yep! Done did it this mornin'  :-*

that has got to be the funniest thing I have read on the website in recent memory.

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