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Dale Earnhardt Jr. has scheduled a news conference for Thursday morning at the headquarters of JR Motorsports in Mooresville, N.C., amid speculation that Junior will announce his intention to run his own Nextel Cup operation next season.
SPEED will carry the news conference live at 11 a.m. ET.
A report on Sirius Satellite Radio Wednesday indicated that Junior may announce that he and Martin Truex Jr. would drive next season for JR Motorsports.
However, sources at Dale Earnhardt Inc. told FOXSports.com on Wednesday that Truex is expected to remain at DEI. Truex's current sponsor, Bass Pro Shops, has not renewed its contract, which expires at the end of this season, the DEI sources said.
Other DEI sources said Truex has a performance clause in his contract that would enable him to leave at the end of the season.
Earnhardt Jr. has been involved in ongoing contract negotiations with DEI, the company founded by his late father. Junior has been with DEI since making his Busch Series debut in 1996. He won two championships in that series in 1998 and 1999.
Only one year remains on Budweiser's sponsorship of the No. 8 DEI car, but industry sources say Budweiser would go wherever Earnhardt goes. Crew chief Tony Eury Jr. would go with Earnhardt if he were to leave DEI.
"I'm interested in going with him," Eury Jr. told FOXSports.com on Wednesday. "He takes care of his people. Whether it's a pat on the back or ways to entertain them, he takes care of everyone around him. Much like the way people are treated at Hendrick Motorsports. Junior does the same thing. Owners who don't treat their people well suffer."
Eury Jr. is in the second year of a three-year contract, but he made it clear that if his driver left, he could go with him. Eury Jr. said although Junior is relatively new to the ownership ranks, "He (Dale Jr.) will lean on people to point him in the right direction."
Eury Jr. also said Junior's JR Motorsports shop has three times more working space than he's currently using.
"He'll have plenty of resources to get the job done," Eury Jr. said.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has scheduled a news conference for Thursday morning at the headquarters of JR Motorsports in Mooresville, N.C., amid speculation that Junior will announce his intention to run his own Nextel Cup operation next season.
SPEED will carry the news conference live at 11 a.m. ET.
A report on Sirius Satellite Radio Wednesday indicated that Junior may announce that he and Martin Truex Jr. would drive next season for JR Motorsports.
However, sources at Dale Earnhardt Inc. told FOXSports.com on Wednesday that Truex is expected to remain at DEI. Truex's current sponsor, Bass Pro Shops, has not renewed its contract, which expires at the end of this season, the DEI sources said.
Other DEI sources said Truex has a performance clause in his contract that would enable him to leave at the end of the season.
Earnhardt Jr. has been involved in ongoing contract negotiations with DEI, the company founded by his late father. Junior has been with DEI since making his Busch Series debut in 1996. He won two championships in that series in 1998 and 1999.
Only one year remains on Budweiser's sponsorship of the No. 8 DEI car, but industry sources say Budweiser would go wherever Earnhardt goes. Crew chief Tony Eury Jr. would go with Earnhardt if he were to leave DEI.
"I'm interested in going with him," Eury Jr. told FOXSports.com on Wednesday. "He takes care of his people. Whether it's a pat on the back or ways to entertain them, he takes care of everyone around him. Much like the way people are treated at Hendrick Motorsports. Junior does the same thing. Owners who don't treat their people well suffer."
Eury Jr. is in the second year of a three-year contract, but he made it clear that if his driver left, he could go with him. Eury Jr. said although Junior is relatively new to the ownership ranks, "He (Dale Jr.) will lean on people to point him in the right direction."
Eury Jr. also said Junior's JR Motorsports shop has three times more working space than he's currently using.
"He'll have plenty of resources to get the job done," Eury Jr. said.
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