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more on jr's contract situation
Topic Started: Jan 9 2007, 12:18 AM (187 Views)
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Gilmore Expects Dale Jr to sign with DEI soon AND Dale Jr comments, quarrel slowing deal?: Dale Earnhardt Jr. likely isn't going anywhere. Negotiations to re-sign the signature driver of Dale Earnhardt Inc. are on the fast track and likely will be finalized by May if not sooner, DEI director of motorsports Richie Gilmore said on Monday. "Before we come back here in February [for the Daytona 500] would be my wish [to have a deal done] so we wouldn't have the distraction of that every week," Gilmore said during the first day of preseason testing at Daytona International Speedway. "I would say, realistically, probably May." Gilmore said losing the most popular driver on the Nextel Cup Series and the son of seven-time Cup champion Dale Earnhardt never has been a consideration for anybody at DEI, including owner Teresa Earnhardt. Gilmore discounted comments in the Dec. 14 edition of The Wall Street Journal in which Teresa said: "Right now the ball's in [Earnhardt's] court to decide on whether he wants to be a NASCAR driver or whether he wants to be a public personality. I'm around Teresa pretty much every day and I've never heard her comment that way," Gilmore said. "Teresa doesn't get out there a lot to the media, but when I talk to her, it's never negative against Junior that way." Gilmore said every conversation he's had with Teresa involved re-signing her stepson. Gilmore said Teresa has tried to remove herself from negotiations as much as possible "because she thinks it will happen faster maybe if she takes the personal side out of it." Gilmore doesn't find it unusual that Teresa and Earnhardt haven't discussed the comments to the WSJ, noting the two sometimes go two or three months without talking. But he wouldn't describe their relationship as tumultuous as it often is made to sound. "A lot of stuff does get blown out of proportion that makes for good stories," Gilmore said. Gilmore said Earnhardt has become DEI and he can't imagine the company without him, although Earnhardt does talk of driving his father's black #3 for Richard Childress Racing late in his career. "I've never even thought that far down the road," Gilmore said. "Being in the circle with [Earnhardt] and Teresa I don't believe any of us have thought that way."
AND Dale Earnhardt Jr. made it clear on Monday that the tumultuous relationship with his stepmother would be a factor in negotiations to return to the Nextel Cup organization his father built after the 2007 season. He also made it clear he wants to return. Ownership appears to be the biggest stumbling block. "That's the obvious," Earnhardt said during the first day of preseason testing at Daytona International Speedway. "I want to be very involved in the company. Aside from [DEI], I have no interest in ownership." To own a part of DEI, Teresa Earnhardt would have to relinquish at least partial control of an organization she has run since Dale Earnhardt was killed on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. That means comments such as the one she made in the Dec. 14 Wall Street Journal about how Earnhardt needs to decide whether he wants to be a driver or a celebrity will make negotiations more emotional than most. "My relationship with the car owner is definitely going to be a factor in my decision to drive there," Earnhardt said. "I haven't talked to Teresa about what she said in [the Journal]. I figured if anything needed to be said she'd call me up and say it. But you know, my and her relationship definitely factor into my decision." Earnhardt became increasingly pointed in remarks about the contract and his stepmother during a break between practices, at one point saying the relationship with Teresa "ain't a bed [of] roses." He took several shots at her, indirectly referring to her absence from the track. He admitted the uncertainty of having the contract issue settled is the most frustrating part about approaching this season. He also said it is the goal of him and his sister, JR Motorsports executive Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, to get a deal done.(much more at ESPN.com)(1-8-2007)
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I would like to see Jr get a majority of the ownership of DEI then go drive the #3 for RCR. but it may never happen.
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im really not likeing the direction this situation is takeing.. i realize dei doesnt have the history as rcr or hms but it is dales legacy .. he never would have let the steve park or michael waltrip situations to be handled the way they were.. now witht he rumors of john menard buying or marrying in to the company combined with dale jr possibly on the outs im not seeing anything dale earnhardt left in dale earnhardt inc other then his name.. like him or not the earnhardt name and legacy deserves better then this
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Orangesmoke20
Jan 9 2007, 12:34 AM
im really not likeing the direction this situation is takeing.. i realize dei doesnt have the history as rcr or hms but it is dales legacy .. he never would have let the steve park or michael waltrip situations to be handled the way they were.. now witht he rumors of john menard buying or marrying in to the company combined with dale jr possibly on the outs im not seeing anything dale earnhardt left in dale earnhardt inc other then his name.. like him or not the earnhardt name and legacy deserves better then this

thats why I thin Jr. should try to buy out the majority of it atleast then I wont question they way it is handeled. All I have to say is if Menard buys or marry's into the team I hope they change the name and Jr goes to RCR.
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If Menard buys the team you better pray Earnhardt goes to RCR. Or anywhere for that matter.
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Jan 9 2007, 11:00 AM
If Menard buys the team you better pray Earnhardt goes to RCR. Or anywhere for that matter.

JGR :woot: Never happen though :aaron:
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Jan 9 2007, 02:56 PM
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Jan 9 2007, 11:00 AM
If Menard buys the team you better pray Earnhardt goes to RCR. Or anywhere for that matter.

JGR :woot: Never happen though :aaron:

2 Godly figures on one team? :o
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Jan 9 2007, 03:58 PM
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Jan 9 2007, 02:56 PM
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Jan 9 2007, 11:00 AM
If Menard buys the team you better pray Earnhardt goes to RCR. Or anywhere for that matter.

JGR :woot: Never happen though :aaron:

2 Godly figures on one team? :o

Denny is soon to be one also so that could make 3 :o



Hendrick already has 2 but Gordon hasn't really performed well since Jimmie got there.
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Jan 9 2007, 03:56 PM
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Jan 9 2007, 11:00 AM
If Menard buys the team you better pray Earnhardt goes to RCR. Or anywhere for that matter.

JGR :woot: Never happen though :aaron:

well actually.. i was at the die cast store today and the owners friend from florida said that rumor was going around the garage that it was a possibility and th eonly thing holding it up was joe gibbs decideing if he was ok with owning a car sponcerd by a beer company
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Jan 9 2007, 03:58 PM
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Jan 9 2007, 02:56 PM
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Jan 9 2007, 11:00 AM
If Menard buys the team you better pray Earnhardt goes to RCR. Or anywhere for that matter.

JGR :woot: Never happen though :aaron:

2 Godly figures on one team? :o

:yup:

Get on your knees you pig.
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Orangesmoke20
Jan 9 2007, 04:13 PM
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Jan 9 2007, 03:56 PM
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Jan 9 2007, 11:00 AM
If Menard buys the team you better pray Earnhardt goes to RCR. Or anywhere for that matter.

JGR :woot: Never happen though :aaron:

well actually.. i was at the die cast store today and the owners friend from florida said that rumor was going around the garage that it was a possibility and th eonly thing holding it up was joe gibbs decideing if he was ok with owning a car sponcerd by a beer company

you are yankin my chain. that would be too good to be true.
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It'd be cool on one hand and on another I dunno.

He's a great driver and he's good friends with Tony and Denny but I dunno.
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Jan 9 2007, 07:55 PM
It'd be cool on one hand and on another I dunno.

He's a great driver and he's good friends with Tony and Denny but I dunno.

I think he would do better in a JGR ride plus Denny, Tony, and him. would be sharing secrets and tips I think it would be good for everyone. and it would give them more of a reason to draft with each other at RP tracks not like they can help eachother anymore then they already do. :lol:
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I guess the thought of being teammed with Brian, Dale, and especially Donko makes me shudder.
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Jan 9 2007, 08:01 PM
I guess the thought of being teammed with Brian, Dale, and especially Donko makes me shudder.

:lol: more people on our side which means less arguments so I guess the good out ways the bad.
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Yeah but the highlight of my time on here is bitching with somebody.
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Jan 9 2007, 08:11 PM
Yeah but the highlight of my time on here is bitching with somebody.

there will still be kb, grayfox, and many others.
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Jan 9 2007, 08:01 PM
I guess the thought of being teammed with Brian, Dale, and especially Donko makes me shudder.

I will be on that Tony Stewart bandwagon faster then you can say "WOOO JGR" :D

In all honestly Id rather see Jr leave. I dont like how DEI is being run and I think they are holdin Jr back.
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Jan 10 2007, 03:20 PM
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Jan 9 2007, 08:01 PM
I guess the thought of being teammed with Brian, Dale, and especially Donko makes me shudder.

I will be on that Tony Stewart bandwagon faster then you can say "WOOO JGR" :D

In all honestly Id rather see Jr leave. I dont like how DEI is being run and I think they are holdin Jr back.

Its bullshit the way its being run. Dale left it as a company his kids could own and run when they got older when he formed it. But since he died everything he owned went to Teresa, unless he made a will which i doubt, it will belong to her. Kinda sucks Jr and Kelly are getting screwed as well as Kerry.

What sucks more is that not even Teresa plans on keeping it so it wont be a true DEI anymore once Jr leaves and the team gets sold off and Jr doesnt have any sort of owner ship of the company
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Jan 10 2007, 04:20 PM
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Jan 9 2007, 08:01 PM
I guess the thought of being teammed with Brian, Dale, and especially Donko makes me shudder.

I will be on that Tony Stewart bandwagon faster then you can say "WOOO JGR" :D


One fatboy on this bandwagon is enough. Back off. :angry:
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Jan 11 2007, 12:50 PM
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Jan 9 2007, 08:01 PM
I guess the thought of being teammed with Brian, Dale, and especially Donko makes me shudder.

I will be on that Tony Stewart bandwagon faster then you can say "WOOO JGR" :D


One fatboy on this bandwagon is enough. Back off. :angry:

what fat boy is on the bandwagon. :unsure:
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Who do you think? :aaron:
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Jan 11 2007, 05:49 PM
Who do you think? :aaron:

alright where is luigi I need this dumbed down. :lol:

it isn't you is it? :unsure: that wouldn't make sense cause you make fun of brian.
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i think he means the fat one with the reigns.....mr fat himself.....Godly Fat.....Buddha if you will
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Jan 11 2007, 09:42 PM
i think he means the fat one with the reigns.....mr fat himself.....Godly Fat.....Buddha if you will

rosie o donnel? :unsure: :o
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