[vincesanity82]

What do you suppose DEI pulled out of the Garage Mahal and put under Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s hood this weekend?

Will he get an engine that lays all it's cylinders on the track up front and craps out before the halfway mark like in Fontana? Or will he get a teaser that takes him all the way to the end providing hope of a top 5 finish only to give up on the last lap like last weekend in Martinsville?

It's quite laughable that the #8 car was labeled still running in the Subway 500 results, but I guess that's accurate--it did, after all, sprint backwards from the fourth position to a 23rd place finish. But if the race had been even one lap longer, this would have been his eighth DNF of the season--seven due to engine failures.

Is it enough for conspiracy theories? Depends on who you ask. It's sure enough for Dale Jr. fans--and any other NASCAR fan whose got brain enough to recognize his talent and ability to put the car at the front of the pack.

Whatever it is they got him running in Atlanta was good enough for a top 5 start. But will it be good enough for a top 5 finish?

Is DEI Giving Junior Horses or Hamsters? - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by vincesanity82

Is that a hamster? That looks more like one of those rats that runs around the factory at work

[Bob Tanner]

My immediate inclination is to think that all the DEI (well, not Menard; he usually wrecks before his motor goes Tango Uniform) and RCR cars are all having engine problems.

My second thought is that Junior may have become DEI temporary R&E driver, at least until season's end.

Speaking of DEI, has anyone else noticed how absolutely quiet it has been over there concerning new sponsor(s)? Lot's of people movement but nothing on who will replace Anheiser-Busch?

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

Speaking of DEI, has anyone else noticed how absolutely quiet it has been over there concerning new sponsor(s)? Lot's of people movement but nothing on who will replace Anheiser-Busch?

Well they moved the ARMY sponsorship over to the 8. Truex is holdin on to Bass Pro Shops in the 1. I think the 15 will still hold it's sponsorship. As for the 01 haven't heard anything on it.

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by Quality88

Well they moved the ARMY sponsorship over to the 8. Truex is holdin on to Bass Pro Shops in the 1. I think the 15 will still hold it's sponsorship. As for the 01 haven't heard anything on it.

<slap!> The Army. I knew that! I'm just getting old.

[wingkey1]

The dumping of Steve Hmiel was even real low key/quiet.

Gnassi snapped him up pretty quick.

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by wingkey1

The dumping of Steve Hmiel was even real low key/quiet.

Gnassi snapped him up pretty quick.

Tony Glover and Steve Hmiel on the same payroll.

Note to other teams: Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

Tony Glover and Steve Hmiel on the same payroll.

Note to other teams: Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.

Both of them are chattin right now, on top of Franchitti's pit box for the busch crash fest err a race.

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

<slap!> The Army. I knew that! I'm just getting old.

maybe .. but I think you also had a mind clearing cruise recently.....

[jks812]

Well at least this weekend the lil hamster was running his butt off. But the wheel decided that since the hamster just might make it to the finish, it would break instead.

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by jks812

Well at least this weekend the lil hamster was running his butt off. But the wheel decided that since the hamster just might make it to the finish, it would break instead.

I think I saw a Hendrick person secretly cuttin the wheel