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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.

DEI better nip this in the bud (pun intended) they are nothing without Jr. Can silly season be starting already?
Also, "Mr Siegel is the ex Sony exec that Teresa hired to move the company forward.

And, DUH...being a Nascar driver does make you a public personality. Teresa should know that from Dale Sr. He was as public as it got in those days. Now, the drivers have everyone pulling their strings. He went to a Stocks for Tots charity event the other night which was announced before hand would be for ONE hour. Of course the fans showed up with everything but the kitchen sink and it took too long. There was a lot of bitching. moaning and whining when he left just over an hour later. The fans seem to forget this charity was FOR THE KIDS, they were supposed to bring toys in order to get something signed. They brought hoods, tires, you name it. They should count themselves as lucky he came at all, it appears there were only 5-6 drivers there if that. /rant

WCG, wow, the pot's already bubblin'. I know I never thought I'd see the day when DJ would leave RYR for another team, unthinkable. Ya never know.

The other day at work a buddy gave me a cartoon, clipped from a paper, for my young one....

A young boy is asking his Dad, "Dad why is Santa's suit red?" The next panel shows Santa sitting in his comfy chair, nothing but posters of Dale Jr and the 8 car on the wall behind him.....

Hi WCG. I've made it this far through the withdrawal season. I really don't think this deal about Junior is a big thing. I'm not really sure Theresa has a very good grip on things at DEI. Also, the "media" loves to blow everything out of proportion. Around the time of November's Phoenix race, the bozos in the "media" were saying that the season was too long, whaaaannnhh! and whining about the races being too long, whaaaaannnnhhhh!. It got ridiculous. The pretty boys in the "media" used some comments they attributed to Dale Jr. as support for their claims. Then, before the Homestead race, Junior was interviewed by the network. The interviewer told Junior that he looked kind of depressed. Junior stated that he was depressed because he hated to see the season come to an end and was looking forward to testing in Daytona during the first week of January. Junior is the sort of person who says what is on his mind. Many times what he says comes out in a way that leaves what he said open to interpretation. Junior frequently says some things that I find very deep and profound. The problem is, sometimes, I think that HE doesn't even understand the profoundness of his comments.
Junior has stated that he won't leave DEI until he wins a championship for the company. I believe that. Also during the Phoenix race last year, NASCAR big whigs were dropping like flies when Junior said that he would take a year off if he won the championship. I didn't believe that for a minute. I think he sometimes makes comments like that just to push peoples' panic buttons. When Dale Earnhardt Jr. talks, people listen. I think he inherited a hidden mean streak from his old man that causes him to like to tweak people.