It’s finally official. There will be no Earnhardt driving a Nextel Cup car at DEI in 2008.
But where, oh where, will Junior go?
Immediately discount any and all Ford, Dodge and (duh) Toyota teams. Sorry Jack, probably won’t be you, although you do have some financial advantages, you have way too many drivers. Ray and Mikey don't field the right brand, either.
So, let's look at the house of Chevy.
Sentiment says Richard Childress Racing. After all, Junior's dad raced there and RCR does own the #3. Sentiment also says it would be cool to see Junior race with the #3 on his doors someday. By the by, who owns the rights to the #8?
Junior is a huge Washington Redskins fan. So that would lean toward Joe Gibbs Racing. Hmmm, Junior and Tony in the same stable. Interesting thought, isn’t it? Great drivers, big personalities, honest talkers. Good corporate spokesmen, great in commercials.
That sounds like a winning combination.
Then there is the Hendrick factor. That’s the hottest team in NASCAR this season. They apparently have the Car of Tomorrow right. If the sport goes there sooner than 2009, Junior would have a contender garage of cars to drive, a garage that has the COT figured out. Not necessarily a lot of strong personal connection, but a strong future.
Junior is listening to all offers. I’m thinking it will take Chevys, a good engine program, talent in the garage and in the pits, and (probably, even though he may not admit to it) a lot of cash.
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Not a lot of personal connection to Hendrick? What about all the love he's been showing them lately? You don't think he drove Kyle Busch's car to get a feel of what that would be like? Sure he did...
And DEI owns the #8 since the car owners own the numbers, and I seriously doubt Teresa will let him have it. Rumor has it there was a 51% deal on the table for Jr., there just wasn't enough cash to go along with it...
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