Longtime NASCAR television analyst Benny Parsons is dealing with a complication stemming from his battle with cancer earlier this year.
Parsons, who still managed to call races on TNT and NBC during his treatments this year, missed NASCAR’s postseason activities in New York City after having breathing difficulty.
His doctors performed a scan of Parson’s entire body and found no cancer. However, the original tumor found in his left lung was large and the radiation used to treat it was so extensive that the lung is now damaged and not functioning properly.
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Ping for Jr/DEI fans
Dale Earnhardt Inc. team owner Teresa Earnhardt appears to be questioning stepson Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s commitment to racing in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
The story in Thursday's edition says Earnhardt Jr.'s contract with the team founded by his father, the late Dale Earnhardt, expires after the 2007 season, but Teresa Earnhardt expressed uncertainty about his future
Source: http://www.scenedaily.com
Here's what it actually said............
Mr. Siegel arrives at DEI as the company approaches a crossroads. Mr. Earnhardt Jr., who ranked as the fourth-most popular active U.S. athlete by a phone poll by ESPN last year, could leave the team when his contract ends after the 2007 season. He increasingly has branched into other areas of entertainment, hosting a satellite radio show and appearing in a commercial with rapper Jay-Z.
Mother and stepson don't always see eye to eye: "Right now the ball's in his court to decide on whether he wants to be a Nascar driver or whether he wants to be a public personality," she says. Mr. Earnhardt Jr. was unavailable to comment.