If Dale Jr controlled 51% of DEI...?

May be...

I have yet to read anything from yahoo Sports or yahoo anything that wasn't as immature as most of the post you read on yahoo answers. Almost up to the level of grocery check-out lane reading material.

If Dale Jr had 51%, he would still be there and driving, Budweiser would still be there also. I think maybe they might have done a engine deal with HMS instead of RCR. Dale Jr would have gotten the testing stuff like the shaker posts. Face if Dale Jr is a marketing guru, I think between he and Kelly his sister they could have avoided a merger with Ganassi, and got some good sponsors. They might have still gone down to 3 cars but I bet they would be competitive. Theres nothing we can do about it now, I just think if Dale Jr and Teresa could have mended some fences and took this on as a total Money and Winning Races attitude (and Dale Jr having 51%) this could have worked out. Its sad to see DEI having to go in with Ganassi, I hope they survive so Teresa when she is older can do what Dale Sr wanted all along, give the team to the 4 children he built the team for. I thought Teresa was suppose to be a great business woman, but it surely does not look like it at all now.

Go Dale Jr & Hms

that's a hypothetical question that would have no bearing on anything. if jr. had controlling stock in his daddies company in would not be in the toilet ready to flush so all this crap that step momma is doing to generate money wouldn't be happening. your question is a means to dump on jr. and nothing else. lets rephrase the question " if dale jr had controlling interest of DEI would it be on the verge of tanking?" no! or are you so uninformed that you can't realize this? bottom line is you don't like jr. that is obvious. IF IF WAS A FIFTH WE'D ALL BE DRUNK. RE: don't confuse childish with an opinion. that is what you asked for. when you ask a question, questioning the integrity of another person it can get a little sticky. what your suggesting is that if jr. was doing what theresa is doing would it be ok. jr. would not do what theresa is doing for the sake of a buck. sorry you feel my opinion is childish. when theresa let dale jr. go she let go of her future, plain and simple. he could lose every race for the rest of his career and he would still be the nascar favorite because of what his father managed to generate. i don't think Sr. nor Jr. minds that!

Buckshot I don't think that it would be struggling financially.

1) If Dale Jr was still there then Budweiser would have never left and that would have made the organization as a whole look more marketable to potential sponsors.

2) If Dale had stayed there then Dale Jr would have invested his money in the business which is why he wanted 51% of the business. Teresa was behind on technology and Dale Jr knew it is the reason he wanted 51%. DEI did not have a 7 post or 8 post shaker for simulating and testing back when NASCAR enforced the first of the last 2 no testing policies.

3) If Dale and Teresa had spent their money together the cost would have been easier on both. If you don't understand that then why did DEI merge with Ganassi? Cost savings right?

4) The reason everyone is upset because of "THE LEGACY" is because just about every one of Jr Nation's fans and non fans (minus a few) could see the writing on the wall and Teresa couldn't. DEI was like the underdog to beat HMS and that was one reason DEI was liked so much and Dale Jr was liked so much. At one time DEI was making progress but now look at it...!!! It makes people sick to even think about it. Why? Because of Teresa's mental problems against Dale Jr. It's sickening.

5) I don't think that DEI would have been struggling had there been some sort of structure at DEI. Teresa never went to the races, she didn't care, she made several public remarks about how she would love to just sell it and be out of the public eye. People who worked at DEI said that there was no structure... nobody knew who was in charge ... it was chaos. There was no moral support.

To just out right answer your question would there still be upset and concern if DEI was failing with Dale Jr owning 51%.....I don't think so. Why? Because at least we would know he would have tried. With Teresa it looks as if she didn't even try. Look at how she changed people around in the organization. She took her best crew chief from the cars and placed him in the shop. She hired some marketing freak instead of someone knowledgeable of the sport to head DEI.

Why is it so hard to see why everyone is so upset and concerned...???

and the company was struggling, would everyone still be upset and concerned about Dale Sr's legacy?

if you don't know what I'm talking about, read Jay Hart's column.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news;_ylt...


I'm looking for honest opinions only...I know it's imposable to ask any Earnhardt question without being labeled a "hater", but let's leave the childish nonsense out of this one.

I fell that if Dale Jr. had controlling interest of DEI and had stayed all of the sponsors that left would still be there. With the right management the team of Dale Jr., Martin Truex Jr, Paul Menard, and Mark Martin would have been a force to watch out for. But, in that we will never know for sure.

IF Junior controlled 51% DEI wouldn't be failing so this question is impossible to answer. Junior would be there, Budweiser would be there, Truex & Menard would be there, the Army sponsorship would be there, the Menard sponsorship would be there. DEI would be there.

I read your article and I particularly agreed with this part of it:

~However imprudent a business decision letting Junior walk turned out to be, it was Teresa’s decision to make. She did, after all, have a heavy hand in the construction of DEI from the ground up, so she deserves the right to see it through вЂ" even if that means watching the organization crumble to the ground.

Still, DEI without Earnhardt Jr. has become what Tony Stewart said it would: a museum, one where its most saleable commodity is no longer alive.~

I understand folks feeling sorry for Teresa, she lost the love of her life I completely get that. I also understand she helped to build DEI from the gound up, but apparently she didn't know how to keep it up without Sr. since 8 years after his death DEI is a memory. I understand she was a grieving widow and was lost for a while but how can someone so 'smart' be so blind? She isn't. Teresa let DEI fail out of nothing but anger and selfishness.

So yes she helped to build it and she has the right to stand by and watch it crumble, but just becasue she can doesn't make it the right thing to do.

~Sorry, I can't help but defend Junior, he's my boy, it's what I do! But, I don't mean to offend anyone. Just giving you my honest opinion as always. But you gotta be real too, if Dale Earnhardt Jr. the most popular, most marketable guys in all of NASCAR controlled DEI sponsors would be knocking his door down to get thier name on the car driven by Dale Earnhardt Jr. I am not saying this because I am his fan....sheesh even folks that don't know NASCAR know Junior. DEI would be alive and well if it wasn't for Teresa.

Again, no offense just my own personal thoughts on the matter.

If, ands and buts were candy and nuts.......................

All you have to do is look at the guys following and it is pretty easy to see that the company would be in better shape with his name out there alone. You can argue his skills all you want but the marketability is right there in front of you. The guy could sell snow cones to Eskimos!

Jay Hart is an idiot and I wouldn't be caught dead reading one of his articles.

And in a perfect world, there would be no hunger, disease....you get my drift?

Most people don't remember that Sr. didn't even drive for his own team.

So while TE and DE were building DEI, where were Kerry, Dale Jr. and company. Sitting there waiting....

Everybody blames TE for the "demise" of DEI. But how many other teams have folded or merged in the past years. Where is Petty Enterprises, they were absorbed TWICE.

And as far as the whole 51% thing. NOBODY knows for sure what was said or done behind closed doors. There was never a will made public, so by law if there was no will, all Sr's stuff goes to his next of kin, TE.

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