Nothing gets Dale Earnhardt Jr. riled up more than hearing criticism aimed at his cousin and crew chief, Tony Eury Jr.
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Eury, of course, is Hendrick Motorsports’ biggest scapegoat, getting most of the blame for his team’s struggles over the last year, and Earnhardt Jr. doesn’t like it. When he hears it — which is quite often these days — he quickly goes on the defensive, defending Eury and begging fans and the media to back off.
Maybe there is a simple solution to this ongoing saga: Maybe it’s time for team owner Rick Hendrick to break up the two cousins, pairing Earnhardt Jr. with a new crew chief and moving Eury into a new role…Â Details
One of NASCAR’s foremost race teams has a new business partner.
Joe Gibbs Racing is finalizing a broad-based relationship with IMG that will give the NASCAR team access to the agency’s full range of sponsorship sales, measurement and activation capabilities.
The agreement between JGR and IMG will not preclude the race team from working with other agencies and their clients, said JGR president J.D. Gibbs. It simply gives Gibbs Racing the ability to tap into IMG’s resources, most notably the agency’s return-on-investment tools…Â Details
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Turns out there’s no avoiding Kyle Busch, which makes sense, really, because he’s been in one victory lane or another every weekend of the season so far.
This is Your Turn, and if you want to be a part of it, e-mail us your rants right here.
We’ll kick things off with this rant from Drew S. from The Mills, N.J.:
Which Kyle Busch is everyone fed up with? The brash kid from his first two seasons, or the mollified version from last season and this? He is no more arrogant than some of his off-track critics, nor is Junior more…Â DetailsÂ
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Fans that have been waiting for the Sprint Cup Series to kick into high gear received a jumpstart courtesy of Kyle Busch on Sunday at Bristol.
Busch not only spanked the field in the Food City 500 by leading 378 of the extended 503 circuits, he verbally reignited his rivalry with Dale Earnhardt Jr. The smack started when NASCAR called a bogus caution for debris on Lap 320 that enabled Earnhardt, who was in 18th position and the first car one lap down, to regain his position on the lead lap.
Busch laughed maniacally through his commentary. ”Eighty-eight, lucky dog. Hahahahaha!”
Busch knocked the No. 88 off the lead lap again on lap 438 but his focus had returned to keeping the competition behind him and winning the race. Further comment was reserved until the postrace… Details