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Posted on 02/06/2007 10:18:26 AM PST by WestCoastGal
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www.jayski.com has the best driver and team chart that I have seen.
They been watching too much Daytona action!
Nothing like eating a little gravel....
GOOOO Junebug!!!
Speaking at NASCAR Media Day on Thursday, Earnhardt Jr. said that he wanted majority ownership in the team owned and operated by his stepmother, Teresa. Asked if he wanted more than 50 percent ownership, Earnhardt Jr. said, "Absolutely."
The son of seven-time Cup champion Dale Earnhardt is in contract negotiations with DEI since his current contract ends this year.
"The main factor is the ownership part," Earnhardt Jr. said. "It has nothing to do with money and nothing else, really. I really like my team. ... Everything is on the upswing. But my father has been gone for five, six years now, and I want majority ownership."
Earnhardt, who has his own television and radio show, said in his most recent interview he was past that. On Thursday, he called it a "low blow."
"She portrayed it as I was out there waving a flag, 'Hey, look at me. I can dance and I can sing, check me out,' like I'm trying to do all this different stuff," Earnhardt Jr. said. "I enjoy my radio show. It's an hour long. It takes no time to do. My TV show takes five days out of the year to shoot."
Earnhardt Jr. said he's tried hard to remain professional with his public comments on Teresa and negotiations "to keep the bitterness out of it."
He was much more outspoken on Thursday, saying media reports that DEI needs him more than he needs DEI have helped him understand his value.
"You don't like public opinion or media opinions to sway decisions," Earnhardt Jr. said. "But in this case, I have a real bad habit of being way too modest about my position in this sport. A lot of people, including the media, have helped me understand what I'm worth, what the situation really is."
http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/columns/story?seriesId=2&columnist=newton_david&id=2758775
I don't see how Jr is going to better his position that much by going to RCR. I don't understand why he doesn't do his own team...
He's said he doesn't want to own a Cup team. I guess he really wants to continue his father's vision at DEI which is pushing him into this majority ownership decision. Not how Teresa does it but with the cars being competitive and by keeping the right people there rather than letting them go and putting money into the racing end not the memory of Dale.
The will was last updated in 1992 and Dale left everything to Teresa. For a while she even owned the rights to Jr's name until he went to the media and she finally relented and let him have that.
Several in the media and other drivers have said that if he does leave DEI they will fold in two years. I believe that, I really feel Teresa is putting everything into the Dale Earnhardt part of the business rather than racing for the future.
YES!!!!!!!
;-)
Where'd that F come from??? LOL!
Oh yea!
I thought you came up with something new. :) LOL
Nasbarf
I was just thinking of all the new rules....
The Chase = The Kenseth Rule
Pit Road Speeding = The JJ rule
Points for winning added to Chase points = the KK rule
Green White Checker = The Gordo rule
Debris Caution = TBD = To benefit Dale LOL
The Lucky Dawg = The DJ rule
Looks like it.
BTW ...........
The Budweiser Shootout starting line-up will be determined by a random drawing which takes place Thursday evening, February 8.
The drivers choose their starting position in the following order, based upon:
a.) number of Bud Pole Awards during the 2006 season (ties broken by next-best qualifying effort), then;
b.) past winners of the Budweiser Shootout without a Bud Pole in 2006. Past winners draw in order of their points position from the 2006 season.
1. Kasey Kahne
2. Kurt Busch
3. Jeff Burton
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Jeff Gordon
6. Greg Biffle
7. Ryan Newman
8. Scott Riggs
9. Jimmie Johnson
10. Kevin Harvick
11. Kyle Busch
12. Brian Vickers
13. Elliott Sadler
14. David Gilliland
15. Boris Said
16. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
17. Mark Martin
18. Tony Stewart
19. Dale Jarrett
20. Ken Schrader
21. Bill Elliot
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