Teresa Earnhardt has been a problem ever since Dale Earnhardt, Jr. left to go over to Hendrick Motorsports.
She inherited a team that the late Dale Earnhardt had created for his son. Instead, she has been running the team by herself since the death of Earnhardt during the 2001 Daytona 500.
Not to mention, drivers have been fleeing from the team since 2007.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. left the team after the 2007 season because he wanted a share in the ownership of the team. He did not get that. He was not able to bring the No. 8 with him to Hendrick.
Mark Martin has been with the team since Ginn Racing merged with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. last season. He too is leaving DEI to go over to Hendrick to drive the No. 5 car.
It's been heard in the rumor mill that Martin Truex, Jr. will go somewhere else for the 2009 season because of his dissatisfaction with the team.
Teresa has turned this team downhill and I'm not sure if it will go up as long as she is the owner of the team. There have been reports that someone is interested in buying the team out. If I were the new owner of the team, I would give up the No. 8 car to Dale Jr. and come up with a new number in its place, like No. 30, 51, or 81.
I bet that if Dale Sr. were alive right now this would never have happened. Dale Jr. would still be with the team driving the No. 8 and Dale Sr. would give part of the ownership to his son.
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3 months ago
Dude:
Perhaps if you had an inside route, you might understand a few things:
1) Teresa Earnhardt DID have allot to do with what DEI became and it's success. While she did not run all parts, she had a BIG HAND in many of the marketing efforts that made Dale Earnhardt something big.
2) If you were an owner of a company with considerable investments in time, money, and effort, you might be a bit taken back when someone tried to gain a majority share of your company for a discounted price. Minded, DEI did gain considerable value from Dale Jr's image, but let's be honest...he is very different than his father (I mean that in a good way: he is his own man), he did not experience the time tested hard times that his father had to endure, and in most ways, his popularity came as a result of his father, his early and unfortunate passing, and he has filled a big hole that the #3 fans had to endure. Dale Jr has been a very mature and solid part of that healing, but he has gained that in a very unusual way.
3) Teresa was Dale's wife. To treat her with this kind of commentary is unfounded. In the old day, Dale Sr. would likely find you and knock your teeth in. It shows a considerable level of disrespect for her, let alone for Dale Sr. If someone talked about your wife with this kind of demeanor, you would be angry.
How about laying off. What will, will be. DEI is what it is, and will either succeed or fail. There are many things that are going right there, and many that are going not so well. After following this sport for 35 years, I can tell you that success will drive it's own destiny, and DEI / Teresa Earnhardt will be part of that scene for as long as they can be
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