Team owner Rick Hendrick won’t split Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his embattled crew chief despite their slow start to the season.
Tony Eury Jr. has always been under intense scrutiny as crew chief for NASCAR’s most popular driver, but it has hit a new level this year as the No. 88 team has just one top-10 finish through five races. Earnhardt heads to Martinsville Speedway this weekend ranked 19th in the standings.
“Both Junior and Tony have told me that if they thought they needed to be split, that they understood,†Hendrick said Wednesday in a national teleconference. “That’s my call, and I’m not ready to make that call. Not even close. I am convinced that they’re better together.
“We’ve got the right combination, and I think … Details