Jr. and Truax

[yoopr]

Form own Team-going to go to Jr. Motorsports.
This is gonna blow up in their faces.
Remember one of Jr.'s Recent quotes "I don't want to Own a Nextel Team" :P
Only good thing going for them in this deal is they're going to get Hendricks engines and frames.

Before anybody Jumps-Truex

[Mr. Ford95]

All I can say is, holy ***** JR nation is gonna be pissed. He will now be a teammate per se to Jeff Gordon in the same way Ginn Racing is to Hendrick. They won't be direct teammates but they will be getting tons of help and resources from Rick. Guess his fan gotta start cheering him some.......

[yoopr]

I was on Sirius Radio Pit Lane when the story broke(Still hasn't officially Broken) and Moody and his radio crew were a Riot.
I learned alot of things that I never would have thought of. Such as, unless Jr. pays a Fortune he won't be able to keep the #8 on his car.
Theresa I bet has some big name drivers lined up to sign.
News conference is around 10am Central tomorrow I think.
This is really gonna get interesting-Needed something like this to waken people up after the first 10 races lol

And for Hendrick Engines you know Hendrick is gonna give some kind of Marching orders.

[mike3fan]

All I can say is, holy ***** JR nation is gonna be pissed.

Nope not me.....I would rather get stuff from someone who knows how to put resources into the racing operation.

Personally I will be interested to see what transpires the next few weeks,with regards to car #'s and points,you know Budweiser has the funds to go buy the #8,but I don't think that DEI would sell the points that goes with it.Maybe Budweiser would like to sell a whole bunch of new merch. with a new number? There is precedent for buying the number and not taing the points,to me I don't really care what number he runs but it would be nice to keep the name reconition with the 8.

I think that next year is a perfect oppurtunity to start a new team,with what is expected to be the first full year with the COT,every team will be dealing with things associated with running a new car at all the intermediate tracks,and getting chassis and engines from what looks like the one team that has the COT figured out seems like a good deal. And you won't need to build as many cars as the cars are supposed to be used at a varitey of tracks.

Would I rather see him go to an established team like RCR? yes of course but can you imagine the pressure that would come with that? There is already those out there that say he can't hold a candle to Dale Sr. what kinda of expectations would Jr at RCR cause,they would all want him to run the #3 and then they would expect him to win a championship,and then another and then why didn't you win 7?

I will be the first to write this right now,When NASCAR changes the top 35 points thing at the start of next season(something they have already talked about) all the haters will come out of the wood work and say they did it to save Jr. from having to go home if he doesn't make the race.......more black helicopters.

[yoopr]

Obviously him announcing Tomorrow this new Formation there was a Final Blowup with him and Theresa and with this happening there is no way in Hell she's going to part with #8 if for just plain spite.

This is a monstrous wreck and Jr is going to be the Loser
Neither He, or Budweiser, have enough money to get that number from her now
Junior thinks he's big time. I guess we'll see how big he is when all this goes down
Yeah numbers have been sold but that was when reasonableness was in place and I don't see any give with these two(Three)

[yoopr]

Maybe he's gonna buy Theresa out :P

[Mr. Ford95]

Mike, what I meant was, a lot of his fans will be pissed that he is joining forces with Hendrick and the hated Jeff Gordon.

DEI is officially toast even if they are able to merge with Yates.

This could be a good move by Jr, he will not be a single car operation as an owner/driver. He will have at least 2 cars out there next year. I see a good chance of the #8 going with him, why would Teresa want to hold on to it?? Sentimental value?? The number will be worthless. I could also see Childress giving up the #3 to Jr IF Jr wanted it. Don't think he wants it right now though.

Bet Jr does not finish the season in a DEI car. He could be out of the car starting with the Coke 600 or the following week or even at 11 am today.

[Mack2]

Just wondering isn't the only way for a team to hang onto a number is to run it once a year?

Say Bye-Bye to DEI without the money that JR brings in with Budweiser and in his collectibles they will be bellyup in a couple years. More than likely he will be driving the #3 car since he had an agreement with Richard Childress that when he was ready he could use that number at anytime he wanted. You know the Eury's will also be going with him and alot of the engineers from DEI since JR has the money to pay WAY MORE that his mother ever could think of.

[golfhobo]

News conference on right now (almost over) on Speedchannel

I would not want to be Teresa Earnhardt right now. She had better have locked all her doors armed the security systems and hired some bodygaurds. Look for her to have a few flying Buds thrown at her next time she goes to a track let alone a few diecasts of #3 cars.

[yoopr]

I would not want to be Teresa Earnhardt right now. She had better have locked all her doors armed the security systems and hired some bodygaurds. Look for her to have a few flying Buds thrown at her next time she goes to a track let alone a few diecasts of #3 cars.

oh brother-grow up

Think about it she is basically the reason why that Dale Sr's NAMESAKE son is LEAVING the company. You are talking about 7 time Champions son the MOST POPULAR DRIVER in the sport. Now all of a sudden she is losing the cash cow of the company do to the fact that she could not GIVE UP CONTROL of the RACE TEAM to a RACER.

[Twilight Flyer]

I don't follow NASCRAP, but I've actually followed this story from a business standpoint. My personal belief is that Teresa screwed up, big time. As violently loyal as a lot of racing fans get, she got herself up to the top of the most-hated list pretty quickly.

My guess is that this whole thing is a well-planned coupe by Jr. He leaves the team, lets them founder a couple of years, then walks back in and buys them up cheap and kicks Teresa to the curb. He's a young guy, he can afford to wait. And most important of all, he's the one with the name.

[Jackrabbit379]

Interesting. Hmmmm. I guess, I havent kept up with the news, lately.

[Mr. Ford95]

So per the news conference(which I have not seen or heard myself) he is leaving DEI but has no future plans. :? Here is what I see happening:

1) Jr will not finish the season at DEI unless he makes the Chase though he may bolt sooner after Teresa's little response today.
2) Only Gibbs and RCR have room for him next year and I do not think Gibbs is into running a beer sponsored car.
3) He goes to RCR and runs the #8 after Teresa and Richard come to terms on simply trading car numbers. She will give up the 8 to get the 3 that she has sought since Dale's death.
4) DEI merges with Yates and still flounders about.

Mack, you do not have to run a number once per year to retain it. Once NASCAR issue's a car owner a number, it is that car owner's as long as they pay NASCAR the money, yearly, to have the rights to it. If they do not pay, the number is given to the next in line that wants it. RCR has paid for the #3 every year so that it cannot be run by Joe Nobody.

[yoopr]

So per the news conference(which I have not seen or heard myself) he is leaving DEI but has no future plans. :? Here is what I see happening:

1) Jr will not finish the season at DEI unless he makes the Chase though he may bolt sooner after Teresa's little response today.
2) Only Gibbs and RCR have room for him next year and I do not think Gibbs is into running a beer sponsored car.
3) He goes to RCR and runs the #8 after Teresa and Richard come to terms on simply trading car numbers. She will give up the 8 to get the 3 that she has sought since Dale's death.
4) DEI merges with Yates and still flounders about.

Mack, you do not have to run a number once per year to retain it. Once NASCAR issue's a car owner a number, it is that car owner's as long as they pay NASCAR the money, yearly, to have the rights to it. If they do not pay, the number is given to the next in line that wants it. RCR has paid for the #3 every year so that it cannot be run by Joe Nobody.

Jr gave Theresa a pretty smarmy shot when, I'm paraphrasing, that she will be in a home in a few years.
I think Jr. will finish his obligation to DEI. He has too or he'll get the pants sued off of him for Breach.
Don't know what the big deal with Childress is because they've had about as much success as DEI.
I agree with the #3 scenario, sort of.
Who REALLY screwed up, in my opinion, is John Menard when he sponsored DEI. From the Get Go I thought he should have gone with #17 who lived just down the road from Menard headquarters.

[Twilight Flyer]

I saw the transcript over lunch. He's finishing out the year with them.

[Mack2]

Mr. Ford95 thanks for answering my question.

[Mr. Ford95]

Not a prob Mack.

Yes, Jr has to finish out the season in the DEI #8, HE cannot decide to leave as he wishes BUT, if he misses the Chase then DEI will toss him to the curb much like we saw with Jeremy Mayfield last year. The company can choose to replace him ASAP to get another driver in there and start working with the crew though Tony Eury Jr said he was going to follow Jr to wherever he went. Jr is on the cusp of either making it or missing out again on the Chase though we still have more than 15 races to go.

RCR nearly won the Cup last year, after several years of struggles they had 2 drivers with a legit shot to win it going into the last 2 races. RCR is the only top team that can take Jr. Richard already said, "If and when his deal with DEI falls thru, I'm going to have a talk with him." Meaning he is going to spend the big bucks to go get him if he has to. RCR wants a 4th car but they haven't found the right driver to be able to start up that 4th team.

Ginn Racing could take him but they already have 3 teams and aren't looking for a 4th yet. Same with Gibbs, J.D was quoted as saying, "While we would love to have Dale Jr in our stable, we are not ready to start a 4th team just for him nor are we ready to have an alcohol sponsored car."