Despite having NO Nascar Championships and only 17 wins, Dale Earnhardt Jr. remains Nascar's superstar, its Lebron James, Tiger Woods. This year, Jr. joins a group of winners that have settled for nothing less than Championships. 7 Nascar Nextel Cups to be exact and Jimmie Johnson is looking for his 3rd in a row. The funny thing is they are now taking a backseat to their new teammate, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Jr's not just worried about winning this year, he is concerned about overshadowing his new teammates at Hendrick Motor sports. In case you were wondering that would consist of Jeff Gordan, Jimmie Johnson, Casey Mears. You're probably wondering how in the world can Dale Jr. be more popular than those winning drivers? Well, it's pretty easy. Jr. represents all Nascar fans. Beer, hat on backwards, shirt off, or untucked, sunglasses, video games, women, etc....
Now he has to change his image to fit into the Hendrick team. How, shirt tucked in, long sleeved dress shirts, no hat on backwards, dress pants, clean shaving, etc...
The question is, will he still appeal to his fans thank drank Budweiser because Amped Energy Drink is a lot different from that. I think the only way he can be a good teammate is to win. Justify all the hype. Prove that you belong with the big-boys. There are no more excuses. No blown engines. He has the best of the best to work with and learn from.
I think he has more pressure to prove to DEI what they let go. Cause I honestly don't believe that they (DEI) believe losing Jr. will hurt them at all. I know I would want to prove them wrong especially if it was my step-mother who was shoving me out the door. Mother Teresa has already emptied out the DEI headquarters of all of the Earnhardt Jr. memorabilia, trophies, photos, anything that had any affiliation with Jr. is gone and she made sure of it. He says it doesn't bother him, but come on, any man in his right mind would want to prove how valuable they really are or were to their previous employer.
DEI, or TEI (Teresa Earnhardt Inc.) will now have to rely on Mark Martin and Martin Truex Jr. Which I don't think those two can erase the Jr. legacy at DEI, but if he doesn't win where he is at now, it will be a lot easier for Teresa Earnhardt to say, "I told ya so!"
2 comments:
you have a really good blog going here!!! i enjoy it!
You obviously have NO IDEA of what you are talking about .... Jr memorabilia is still in place at DEI including the cars & Truck.... every thing was moved for a presentation one weekend then it all went back on the sunday night.
You are just repeating what others are saying without checking the facts ... you would make a good reporter.... Oh arnt you clever ....and DEI was named after Dale Sr NOT Jr so show some respect.
You were right about one thing DEI will go on to great things with Teresa at the helm just as Dale wanted, and when the time comes it can be passed on to his FOUR children ..... not just Jr & his sister..... and lets face it Jr is a pretty average driver anyway ... so I say get a grip on reality and good ridance (although) I wish him no i'll will .... unlike you !
Post a Comment