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#8 team returning in 2010?
Topic Started: Sep 24 2009, 11:35 AM (111 Views)
Ram Jam
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In It 2 Win It
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The folks at Dale Earnhardt Inc. are working at bringing the #8 car to both the Nationwide and Cup series next year. The plan would be for Jeffrey Earnhardt, grandson of Dale, to drive the #8 car in the Nationwide series and have that team based out of the DEI shops in Mooresville, N.C. If sponsorship can be found, the #8 car would return to Cup and be based out of the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing shop in Cocord, N.C. "We do have plans to bring the #8 car back for next season,'' Jeff Steiner executive VP and general manager at DEI, told me [Dustin Long] Wednesday afternoon. "We are working with a number of sponsors. It's not a for sure deal. We haven't announced that we are officially bringing it back. .. I don't think we would see anything with the #8 car at the Sprint Cup level in 2009. I think based where we're at with sponsor discussions, I don't foresee that happening this year, but it is one of our aspirations to get that car back on the track together with the #1 and the #42.''
So, would the #8 come back fulltime or would it be acceptable to bring it back part time in 2010?"I think we would consider something part time,'' Steiner told me. "In today's economy and today's NASCAR, we need to look at all potential opportunities to get either young developmental drivers or other people out on the track and if we have an opportunity to do that and get the #8 back on the track in 2010, I think we would certainly consider that.
As for Jeffrey Earnhardt: "That would be something we would be looking at running him in an #8 fulltime in the Nationwide level,'' Steiner said. "We're still working on sponsorships. Our intention ... having him in a family number. I think we're hopeful (of a fulltime schedule for Jeffrey). We're pretty bullish on that potential for 2010."(Roanoke Times)(9-24-2009)
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JetBlack3
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I am the tag team champions
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There isnt an 8 this year? I never noticed lol
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Ram Jam
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Yeah I hadn't either. :lol:
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Gordon Owns
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Knock on wood..

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KK3869
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DEI still has a team?
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luigistarted06
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I like it in and around my mouth.
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Dale Jr isn't in the #8? When did this happen :shifty:
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KK3869
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Just your simple Cameron
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Next thing you'll tell me that Jamie Mac wont be champion this year.
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JetBlack3
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I am the tag team champions
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Well thats just ridiculous
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