~*~Neighbours‘ Comments~*~

Offseason December 2006

Martin Truex Jr. is found peeing In a parking lot. His excuse is he had to go potty.

January 25, 2007

JEFF GORDON

"I think that if he's smart, he'll do what's best for him and I hope that's at DEI, I really do. Is that reality? I think it's gone too far. When it gets ugly in the media, it's usually very, very difficult to rebound from that."
"I think that you've got a little stubbornness going on there. Junior is in the seat to be able to write his own ticket, he can do whatever he wants. He can go to any team, he can start his own team, he's got the sponsors who are going to back him, the fans that are going to back him. He's really in the power position, and if Teresa is not recognizing that, then shame on her ... if she doesn't recognize that DEI will have a tough time surviving without Junior, I think she's making a big mistake."

KEVIN HARVICK

"It's hard when you have what I call a deadbeat owner that doesn't come to the racetrack. Richard [Childress] is one of the best owners in the garage. You always see Richard Childress. You always see Chip Ganassi. All these owners, they all come to the racetrack. It's not just a money pit that somebody says, 'Well, I can make money off of Dale Jr. I can make money off of Dale Earnhardt.’"

"How happy would I be to have Dale Jr. as a teammate? I'd jump up and down.”

Daytona Speedweeks 2007

"I feel sorry for him if he didn't realize where he was at all (as far as position in the sport). I'm pretty sure Kelley knows where he's at. If he doesn't, she can remind him." - Jeff Gordon

"He's really probably the only one that's got the bargaining power. He's got it all on his side, and I think it's deservedly right that he does have it on his side. He's the most popular driver. He's been successful, and he deserves the respect of being a grown man and not being treated like he's 15 and somebody's stepson." - Kevin Harvick

May 10, 2007:

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Leaves Dale Earnhardt Inc.

May 11, 2007: The Big Reaction

I’d like to see him over here, obviously. He'd bring a lot to Gibbs. As a team, myself and Tony [Stewart] have a pretty good relationship with him. So it would be a great fit. He's probably one of the biggest guys in the last ... well, forever that is now looking for a ride, and he can probably go wherever he wants just based off what he can bring to the organization money-wise. I think in the end, there's probably two teams that will end up fighting for him."
"I haven't talked to J.D. or anything like that. I don't know if they've even talked to [Earnhardt]. Just from talking to his people a few times, there are a couple of teams that are going to be way ahead of the others."
"He was a big part of me getting to where I'm at. Anything he ever needs, I'll be there to help him out. He doesn't need me to tell him how good Gibbs is as an organization. They've won three of the last seven championships, they've won races. He'll figure it out. He knows what he needs to win championships, and when he sees what he needs to see on a team, he's going to go with them." à Denny Hamlin
"When a driver says he's going to leave, it's only natural to start wondering where he's going to go. I don't think there's anything unusual about that. But certainly Junior's comments about one day wanting to drive for Richard certainly add fuel to that fire. I honestly have no idea what will happen there, I honestly don't. If we're going to do a fourth team, if that's what Richard decides he wants to do, then Junior would be one of the drivers we'd like to talk to, without a doubt. But I have no way of knowing what would happen right now."
"I don't know that car owners are going to throw drivers out to get Junior, but certainly car owners are going to be enticed to make things work. He doesn't necessarily have to have the crystal ball to see, 'I'm going to have a good ride.' He can probably rest pretty well at night knowing that he will have good equipment. He may not understand what it's going to be just yet, but he can probably sleep at night knowing he's going to have an opportunity to drive good cars. Whenever I make any business decision, I always make it based on, what is the effect of this decision? The thing that he has that a lot of people don't have is -- you can pretty much guarantee he won't be driving junk."
"There can only be one captain of a ship. I know some people will be upset at Junior and some people will be upset at Teresa, but at the end of the day, somebody's got to be the boss. Somebody's got to be running it. If Junior felt like he couldn't be successful with Teresa at the helm, then he needed to go somewhere else. If she felt like she needed to be at the helm for it to be successful, then she needed to stand firm and do what she did. Only time will tell, but there can only be one boss, and it appeared just from the outside looking in that it would be difficult to get through Teresa not being the boss. I'm not saying that's wrong. It would be hard for her just to say, 'OK, here's the company.'" à Jeff Burton

“It's something we didn't know about, but kind of had to plan for. The doors are still going to be open on Monday, and we're still going to try and win races like Dale Earnhardt would have wanted. I don't think DEI is going to be any less ambitious than they were before as far as trying to expand. They want to go to four cars eventually, and I think that's still in the long-term plans, to go to four cars and make it as good as we can." à Paul Menard

May 20, 2007:

RAD IS BACK!!!!

Richard Childress Racing & Dale Earnhardt Inc.

June 13, 2007:

Dale Earnhardt Jr. joins Hendrick Motorsports

2008 Pre-Season Thunder in Daytona

2008 Pre-Season NASCAR Media Tour

Jeff Gordon: “He's actually making us look bad. We had a photo shoot for Sports Illustrated and we're like, 'We'll mosey on over there and wait for Junior' and he's the first one there. Then we get down to Daytona and he's not even testing and he shows up.It is already way beyond where I thought it would be with the four of us. You never know how he’s going to mix. And while we haven’t gone to races yet, all I can tell you is that I’ve been extremely impressed. The whole chemistry is there."

Jeff Burton: It's an interesting dynamic because Tiger, he's won so much that people want to see him. Junior hasn't been able to achieve the things he wants to achieve. I'm not saying he can't. He will. I think he's going to have his best year ever. I truly believe that. But his fan following has a lot to do with emotions, and it's hard to replace emotions. He is the sport's icon's son. He has a dynamic personality. He attracts the old and the young, male and female. What's interesting to me about him is he represents the pop culture and country culture. He's something to everybody. That's a hard thing to duplicate."

Kurt Busch: "Dale Jr. is a machine. He's a machine driving. He's a machine marketing."

Kyle Busch: "Hendrick going out to get Junior, yeah, they're making money. Hell yeah it was a smart decision. I wasn't making them any money. I was costing them money. I would agree to that."

"He better win. I don't know how many he better win, but he better win.“

Kevin Manion: I think when Dale Jr. was here, yeah, he was No. 1. He's gone, and we're moving on. The company is moving on to bigger and better things. To feel like we are one team with four cars, four drivers, four crews, and a big, big support staff feels really good."

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