Does life ever get in the way of your pastimes? Sometimes life gets in the way of mine. This blog is mostly a blast for me to write in. This week, it has been a monster. Hence the title of this post—a reference to the old horror movies I grew up loving.
Maybe next week’s version of the Loose in Turn Three experiment will be attack of the two-headed Turn Three. Until then, check out my part in this series, right here.
What will become of Dale Earnhardt Inc?
Charlie: If Martin Truex Jr. and Mark Martin both leave the team—and their sponsors go too—DEI looks like a buy-out candidate to me. How about this scenario? Dale Junior wants to take his Nationwide Series team where the money is—Sprint Cup. Tony Stewart wants to own at least a share of a Chevy team.
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DEI has top-35 owner’s on the No. 8 and the No. 1. Junior and Smoke partner up and buy Theresa Earnhardt out, with Tony driving one car, someone else—maybe Brad Kesolowski—in the other.
Junior stays with Hendrick Motorsports, as his daddy did with RCR. There are holes in the argument, I know. But it would be one hell of a story.
Bruce: If Truex and Martin leave, DEI becomes a museum. Otherwise, I can’t punch too many holes in your idea Charlie. Actually, I wouldn’t want to. Maybe once Tony and Jr. take DEI over, they can move the No. 8 back to Jr. in HMS. LOL.
TZ: The notion of Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Jr. co-owning DEI is a pipe-dream at best. Stewart will wind up in an ownership role once he’s done driving...Jr. will bring JR Motorsports to the Cup level within the next couple of years, and DEI will continue to press forward in its same crummy state for the next few years before either someone else in the family that’s not named Dale takes over, or they just fold altogether.
That’s what we think. What do you think?
Check out Bruce’s NASCAR Bits for this slippage in the third turn…
Do you think Kurt Busch giving up his points to Sam Hornish hurt the team overall?
And TZ at Do You Nascar has this…
With the recent folding of Chip Ganassi’s No. 40 operation due to lack of sponsorship, is this a trend that we can continue to expect in NASCAR with other teams that have struggled with sponsorship…teams like Yates Racing?
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about 1 month ago
I personally know David Gilliland the driver of Yates #38 Free Credit Report.com car. He has assured me that Doug Yates and Max Jones have a great program going. They are in talks with several possible sponsors as well as still getting support from Free Credit Report.com and Ford Motor Company. With the way they have been showing there talent I also feel something will turn around. They have been using smaller one race deals to help out but are concentrating on the big picture. A long term deal that both the drivers can grow with much like home depot is known with Tony Stewart. Max Jones is a fantastic manager. We all have to remember that Yates racing isn’t the same RYR it was. It’s a brand new racing team with whole new staff. Just looking them from that stand point. It shows you the progress they have made since last year. They were fighting to keep in the top 35. Now they are both to 20's and headed further up the points ladder. David has been running outstanding, just some rotten luck and yes he made a big mistake on pit road in Daytona, but again remember he is only in his 65 start of his carrier. Travis was a very dominate contender in the truck series so they both have what it takes to make Yates Racing strong again. Let’s face it; Yates this year is the fast and furious of NASCAR’s up and comers
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