With one race remaining for Junior at TEI, I have to say I am excited. I guess for every new beginning there has to be an end. I mean when June came into Cup the NASCAR world had it's very best of tradition. Son driving for Dad, soon to work on a Cup, side by side, door to door, doing it together as father and son. Then that tragic day in Feb '01 that took not only June's father but my hero as well.
Since that time I think Jr. has been battling an inside the heart battle. I mean lets put it ALL in prospective. First, Daddy has plans for sons future, then we all know what happened. To come back the very next week and race shows more balls than brains. Papa was proud that day. Then the start of the aftermath happens. Steve Park was let go, then the crew chief hocus pocus with Mikey. That would eventually lead to his leaving and starting up (LOL)MWR. The lack of effort (in my opinion) that Teresa showed and the self absorption of her husbands death overcame her. As Jr. and Teresa weren't the best of buds, Chance 2 Racing sure showed that working together CAN be profitable as well as step-mom and step-son carrying out what Dale Sr. would have wanted. ALL the personnel changes and ignoring of the obvious, keeping up with the "other" gr8 teams became last on the list of priorities. Factor in the "power play" of I want 51% and a half ass relationship with Teresa, the "Garage Mahal" and it's original owners' dreams are being flushed.
Sr. built that company for himself AND his ENTIRE family. Why in a will he left it ALL to Teresa is beyond me. I realize that DEI was built by BOTH he and Teresa, but where did the dream go??? Was it buried with Ironhead??? For Junior to ask for 51% and controlling interest was about as outlandish as me owning 51%. In my opinion, he never deserved that much. Besides a few wins and 2 Busch Championships, what has he done to deserve more than half??? So what if he is or WAS the marketing money maker for the company. The truth of the matter is that company was built for ALL the kids, not just the name maker. Hind sight is always 20/20, but if you ask me they should have split the shares between ALL the kids. You know not JUST Dale Jr. and Kelley, but Kerry and Taylor Nicole as well as the "Ice Queen". Then the FAMILY ALL could vote on and control DEI's future. DUH!!!
I wish Junior and his new team all the very best in the world. Everyone deserves to be happy. Isn't that what life is all about??? I hope Teresa finds peace in her heart and remembers what Sr. would have wanted. Regrets can be a bitch Ms. Earnhardt, almost as bad as Karma.
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Maybe one day June will have his own DEI!
i agree with alot of that, only thing is Jr. should have gone on to his own company and did it his way! be his own man like the old man! i believe queen jimmie & gordo will treat him exactly the way they treat busch & mears and they will not let him win a championship there, some races... maybe but no way are they letting him win a championship
this is Susan. I don't think I could have said better. I agree. I think even Jr. has a few regrets about how it was all handled. I think (from what I have read) that he got along really good with Max Siegel. That might have been a good buffer between him & Teresa. I thought Jr. & Waltrip made a good team for a while (until?). I feel badly for Steve Park but unfortunately life moves on even if it has to pass you. Sad but true.
And now Taylor Nicole stands to end up with everything? I don't think Sr. thought that Teresa would do what she did so he never updated his will. Maybe June didn't deserve the 51% but in my heart I think it was the only way he could think of to save DEI for all his siblings. I don't think he asked that just for himself. There are always 2 sides to every story and none of us really knows what went on behind closed doors...and Jr. ain't talkin'.
As far as JJ & JG holding Jr back from winning races/championships?
That's a little far fetched in my opinion. Neither of them owns the company last time I checked.
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