As a New Englander I’d be on cloud nine if I were a New England Patriots or Boston Red Sox fan. The Patriots have 7 wins and no loses and the Red Sox are in the World Series with a 2 games to none lead over the Colorado Rockies. It would be good, but I’m not. I’m a Dale Earnhardt Jr fan. Hense the website 8racingfan.com.
I often wonder if Dale Earnhardt Inc even cares anymore about Junior’s fans. Has any other driver in Nextel Cup blown so many engines than Junior has; seven. Yes, he blew up at Martinsville too. With two laps to go on a restart Dale Jr slowed and pulled aside at the start-finish line. His #8 car wouldn’t go when needed. He went from the top 5 or 6 at the restart to finish 23rd.
In most of the races this season he ran upfront, only to have problems. At Pocono he had problems, but repaired them to finish second behind Kurt Busch. At Indianapolis he led laps, only to blow-up. Seven engine failures in one season must be a season high or close to it. What is DEI doing to these engines?
Is DEI using the #8 as a R&D vehicle? Why not! He’s leaving. Why give Junior anything worth driving? He even blew an engine in the Elvis car at Richmond. Not nice to destroy Elvis. Junior blew-up at all size tracks; short track of Martinsville, road course at Watkins Glen, flat track at Indianapolis, and 3/4 mile track at Richmond. If DEI is R&Ding the #8, they failed. They need new parts manufacturers. If their manufacturing their own parts, stop it.
I want to see Dale Earnhardt Jr win a race this year. But I don’t think he can in bad equipment. I’ve never said that before about DEI cars, especially the #8, which I considered the DEI flagship car of the fleet. Whether it’s R&D or stupidity, Dale Earnhardt Jr is a great driver and will receive good equipment next year. Junior needs to ride it out for the next four races and the madness will be over.
Tony Eury Jr is already hard at work at Hendrick Motorsports getting the new #88 AMP Energy/ Mountain Dew or National Guard Chevy Impala ready for Daytona. I have all the confidence in Tony Jr to take Dale Jr to Victory Lane next year. Hopefully Rick Hendrick won’t do what DEI has apparantly done to Dale Jr and give him bad equipment. We’ll see.
Give me your comments Dale Jr fans. What to you think. Is the #8 a R&D car or is something else wrong? Thanks again.
2 Comments
November 23, 2007 at 6:37 am
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November 23, 2007 at 5:38 pm
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