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fvfanmc · 05-26-2007, 08:47 AM

A while ago there was a thread about Jr. leaving DEI. I can't find it, so I'll create this one.

On Jayski's site, there is a link the tells the following:

Earnhardt's will left 100 percent of DEI to Teresa.

SO, Sr. had no intentions of Jr. taking over DEI.

Guv · 05-26-2007, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by fvfanmc

A while ago there was a thread about Jr. leaving DEI. I can't find it, so I'll create this one.

On Jayski's site, there is a link the tells the following:

Earnhardt's will left 100 percent of DEI to Teresa.

SO, Sr. had no intentions of Jr. taking over DEI.

Obviously he had intentions of Dale taking over because I gave you the link where he stated just that. We have no idea when that will was done and he may not of wanted Jr. to take it over until some time in the future, but make no doubt that he wanted Jr to eventually take it over.

fvfanmc · 05-26-2007, 08:58 AM

I guess we'll never know.

rockace521 · 05-26-2007, 09:12 AM

As a guy who drove at the edge of crashing at 180 mph several days a week, I'm sure Dale Sr. had a well-defined will. I'm also sure that, in constructing his will, he wanted to ensure that his wife as well as his son both felt they were being treated fairly. So on paper, I'm sure he would have left his DEI stuff in Teresa's hands, with the hopes that some day, when Junior was older, he would take over the "family business." Plenty of time for both of those contingencies to be observed. I'm sure a lot will depend on Teresa, but right now I doubt Junior has any interest in running DEI. He's pulling down 25 mil. a year doing what he's doing, and he's arguably the most popular racer in NASCAR. When he decides it's time to hang it up and move off the track (a looooooong time from now), who knows what will be going on at that point.

Basically I don't think it's anything to be too worried about at this stage. I doubt Dale Sr. expected to die, so whatever he had in his will wouldn't have exactly been Plan A.

05-26-2007, 08:47 AM	#1
fvfanmc Self Exiled Herf God Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Kearny, NJ Posts: 40,584	Dale Jr. and DEI A while ago there was a thread about Jr. leaving DEI. I can't find it, so I'll create this one. On Jayski's site, there is a link the tells the following: Earnhardt's will left 100 percent of DEI to Teresa. SO, Sr. had no intentions of Jr. taking over DEI.

05-26-2007, 09:12 AM	#4
rockace521 Herf God Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Waco, TX Posts: 25,619	As a guy who drove at the edge of crashing at 180 mph several days a week, I'm sure Dale Sr. had a well-defined will. I'm also sure that, in constructing his will, he wanted to ensure that his wife as well as his son both felt they were being treated fairly. So on paper, I'm sure he would have left his DEI stuff in Teresa's hands, with the hopes that some day, when Junior was older, he would take over the "family business." Plenty of time for both of those contingencies to be observed. I'm sure a lot will depend on Teresa, but right now I doubt Junior has any interest in running DEI. He's pulling down 25 mil. a year doing what he's doing, and he's arguably the most popular racer in NASCAR. When he decides it's time to hang it up and move off the track (a looooooong time from now), who knows what will be going on at that point. Basically I don't think it's anything to be too worried about at this stage. I doubt Dale Sr. expected to die, so whatever he had in his will wouldn't have exactly been Plan A. __________________ When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. - Thomas Jefferson

05-26-2007, 08:58 AM	#3
fvfanmc Self Exiled Herf God Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Kearny, NJ Posts: 40,584	I guess we'll never know.