Jr lays down the law...

[FlyHiFlyLo]

Awesome!

UPDATE 2: #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn't mince words on Thursday when asked what it would take to get him to re-sign with the Nextel Cup organization his father built. "I want majority ownership, basically," Earnhardt Jr. said for the first time during media day at Daytona International Speedway. As in more than 50%? "Absolutely," Earnhardt Jr. said emphatically. Earnhardt Jr.'s contract with Dale Earnhardt Inc. expires at the end of the 2007 season. Negotiation on a new deal began in the middle of 2006, with ownership of the company a major sticking point. Asked if stepmother Teresa Earnhardt, who inherited sole ownership of the company when Dale Earnhardt was killed on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500, was willing to budge, Earnhardt Jr. said, "We'll see." Earnhardt Jr. and his sister, Kelley, met with Max Siegel, DEI's new president of Global Operations, on Wednesday along with director of motorsports Richie Gilmore. Earnhardt Jr. said it was more of a get-to-know-you meeting with Siegel than a contract negotiation, but added Siegel could expedite the process he initially hoped would be concluded by April or May. "He's a great guy to talk to and a great guy to work with," Earnhardt Jr. said of Siegel. "He's going to speed things up. He's going to improve negotiations and help those things make it a little bit easier." Not in the meeting was Teresa, who has been asked to step aside in negotiations because of her somewhat tumultuous relationship with Earnhardt Jr.
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[woundedyak]

This is going to get ugly. I hope the 29 & 31 doesn't mind a new team mate. Personally,I would like to see the #3 come back

[bajafox]

Teresa needs to realize there is no DEI without the DE part of it...

[DEZERTBOUND]

We may get to see a "Golden Goose" $*** a brick. Her ego must be over the top.

[dezertranger1600]

Jr isnt going anywhere..he is by far the most popular nascar driver,and if he goes,so do his sponsors.

[NIKAL]

Here's my thought, Dale will stay and this contract will be a lifetime contract so they dont have to go through this again. As far as ownership what Dale wants is a majority ownership. He will get it but I bet it will be over several years. Like they might make a contract that states that he earns 10% for 4 years and the 5th year he receives 11%. This way Teresa is not being pushed out. She will still run the company for the next several years and slowly turn it over to Dale and his sister. Also this way it does not look like Teresa is turning her back on DEI the company that she and Dale SR. built. Also by doing this she will always have a interest in the company but will not be in the spot light like she is now and she will not have to deal with the day to day business.
Also once Dale has some ownership and his decisions matter, he will not be able to blame the performance of the team on someone else. In the past he has made comments that DEI does not always buy more equipment to keep up with the bigger teams. I just heard today that JR Motorsports bought a pull down plate and that Dale JR brought all his #8 COT to his shop and put them on his plate. They are claming that JR Motorsports was able to improve there COT by 60% by using this pull down plate. And Dale does not understand why Teresa did not authorize the engineering shop at DEI to get one last year when they asked for one.