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  • Budweiser out as Earnhardt's sponsor

    07/13/2007 10:19:57 AM PDT · by HEY4QDEMS · 5 replies · 497+ views
    Yahoo Sports ^ | 07/13/2007 | AP
    CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. will have a new sponsor in 2008. Hendrick Motorsports announced Friday that long-term contractual commitments to the team's current sponsors will preclude Budweiser as primary sponsor of Earnhardt's car when he joins Hendrick next season. We have agreements in place with sponsors for the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, which prevent us from having a relationship with Budweiser,'' team owner Rick Hendrick said in a statement. ``Honoring our commitments is important to us. The trade-off is missing an opportunity to bring Budweiser, a marquee brand synonymous with NASCAR and its fans, into the...
  • Earnhardt to leave DEI after season

    05/10/2007 8:22:36 AM PDT · by agent_delta · 47 replies · 899+ views
    SI ^ | May 10, 2007 | Staff
    MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) -Dale Earnhardt Jr. will leave the company founded by his late father at the end of the year in a shake-up certain to ignite a bidding war for NASCAR's most popular driver. He told Dale Earnhardt Inc. on Thursday that he had decided to make the switch to another team when his contract expires. "We worked really hard, but we were never close,'' Earnhardt said of negotiations with DEI. "I am a little sad, but I am trying to remind myself to be excited about what's ahead.'' Earnhardt had asked for 51 percent ownership of the team...