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No Far more Excuses For Dale Earnhardt, Jr

Apparently finishing 40th in the Coca Cola 600 was the last straw for Rick Hendrick. He simply could not take it any much more. Tony Eury, Jr., has been replaced as crew chief of the vehicle of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. In making this move, Hendrick also removed Earnhardt’s last excuse.

It was only two years ago that a match made in heaven appeared to have been made. Junior was leaving DEI and its lesser equipment for Hendrick Motorsports and the greatest equipment in the field. Could championships be far off? Well, yes they could. The marriage has been a disaster. Earnhardt has been marginally competitive at greatest. The scenario is all the worse thinking about Hendrick booted Kyle Busch to make space for Junior. Busch has merely turn out to be the most dominant driver on the circuit, a driver that looks a lot like a particular father of Junior in his driving style.

Junior is the most well-known driver in NASCAR.

As a result, his fans have had a hard time blaming him for the problems regardless of the reality he has discovered it surprisingly challenging to find his pit box on several occasions. Regardless, the target of their anger has been the crew chief, Tony Eury, Jr. They’ve demanded his firing for more than a year and now they have his scalp. This could, nonetheless, be a case of becoming careful about what you wish for. With Eury out of the way, Junior has no a lot more excuses.

Rick Hendrick is significant about getting the Earnhardt team fixed. This is particularly apparent in who he is bringing in to crew the team. Brian Whitesell will run the team this week before Lance McGrew takes over soon after that via the season. Both are experienced crew chiefs and both have been with Hendrick for a long time. Far more importantly, they both are experienced chassis men and intimately familiar with the Hendrick equipment.

They need to be in a position to nail setups and make the equipment the equal of the cars of Gordon, Johnson and Martin.

The spotlight has constantly been on Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Now it is truly blazing. DEI was supposed to be the issue, but it turned out the equipment didn’t seem to matter considerably. Tony Eury, Jr., was the other issue, but now he is gone. Guess what? The only thing that hasn’t changed is the driver and he no longer has any excuses. It is now or by no means for Junior, which makes the rest of the season quite compelling.