http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/05/10/dearnhardtjr.news.conference/index.html
In Jr’s own words.
11:18 -- "Obviously I feel like his vision and he said it himself was for me to have a huge role in the company itself. Through the negotiations, Kelly and I felt like that was not in the cards. It may be in the cards 20 years down the road, it may be something that happens. From a driver standpoint, for what I want to do and what I want to accomplish, this is something that I had to do