thats kinda weird. the step-mom has SO much money and losing him will be a PR nightmare. why not just give him 51%?
Good for Junior! Let’s see how well DEI fares without him.
http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/05/10/dearnhardtjr.news.conference/index.html
In Jr’s own words.
Perhaps we’ll see him at Childress in the #3 next year.
Jr. is hooked up with Hendricks Motor Sports, the best in the business.
I heard he'll get to keep his Budweiser sponsor but not sure about the # 8.
What was Teresa thinking?
He will be the most sought after sports figure ever!
DW and Richard Childress in attendance for support along with his entire family. He answered every question with grace and dignity.
Teresa is an idiot for letting this happen. In a few years he will probably be able to buy the company back for a lot less than what she wanted him to pay for his 51%.
I guess Max Siegel isn’t a genius after all.
I did not realize Junior had such a close relationship with Darrel Waltrip. I wonder if he serving as a surrogate father figure?
He better pick up his performance. On average his results the past few years have been somewhat disappointing especially considering how much he had going for him.
Here’s an FYI from JRM
(5/11/07)
With the smoke still clearing from the biggest announcement we’ve ever had, let me now address an issue that needs to be clear and precise. If you haven’t noticed already, there is a serious media fetish to report Junior’s next move before anyone else, and in the process, it has become a collective and classic example of lazy, gossipy, tabloid-esque reporting that I’ve ever seen. My problem isn’t with the “little men” who start crazy rumors in a self-absorbed attempt to feel important. My problem is with the college-educated news guys who get paid to write, broadcast, and report the news. But in an attempt to beat others to the punch, they run on rumors, put it out there for you, the fans, to digest, and hope they were accurate.
So far, most have not been. Take for instance Dave Moody on Sirius Satellite Radio... or Jerry Bonkowsi on Yahoo! Sports... or the folks at NASCAR.com... or many, many others, who reported the reason for our Thursday press conference would be to announce that Dale Jr. and Martin Truex Jr. were leaving DEI to start a two-team Cup program here at JR Motorsports. If that wasn’t bad enough, people like Terry Blount on ESPN’s “NASCAR Now” proceeded to ridicule Junior for even thinking of doing such a thing.
It made for humorous conversations between myself, Dale Jr., and Martin Jr., but in the grand scheme of things, it’s pitiful when these journalists refuse accountability by saying, “I was only going on what my sources told me.”
Time to check your sources, guys. It’s bad journalism, bad reporting, and bad ethics. The same applies for the Hickory, N.C. television station who is reporting today that we are announcing a deal with Richard Childress Racing to drive a No. 33 Budweiser car.
Huh?.
You can take this to the bank: We’re not even close to announcing where he’s going, because we don’t know. There are many meetings with many teams forthcoming. Dale Jr. wants to contend. He wants resources. He wants equipment. He wants to give his fans wins and championships. A decision like that doesn’t come overnight, no matter what you read on Yahoo! Sports.