If you’ve seen any of the headlines regarding Dale Earnhardt Jr. lately you would think this weekend’s NEXTEL Cup Series race at Las Vegas was the last race of the season. One such article was titled, “Earnhardt, Jr.’s season hinges on Las Vegas run.”
So much doom and gloom. I mean, really?? Last I checked this was only the THIRD race of the year! I know that winning a Championship relies on winning races and finishing at the top of the order each week, but crap happens and people can come back.
That’s the problem with being so popular, and being the son of a legend, everybody is watching you and they’re waiting for one little crack so they can jump on it drag it out longer than necessary.
Leave the guy alone and please stop talking about Jr. needing to jump on the Childress bandwagon. Why can’t he be successful at DEI?? I don’t see any reason why they can’t make it happen with the company his father built. The story in the end, when he does win a Championship with DEI, would be so much sweeter that way.
Dale Earnhardt Jr., left, and Martin Truex Jr. watch other drivers turn laps during the NASCAR Car of Tomorrow test at Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday morning, Feb. 28, 2007, in Bristol, Tenn. (AP Photo/Bristol Herald Courier, Andre Teague)
Workers paint the track at the start/finish line at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas on Thursday, March 8, 2007, as they prepare for a weekend of NASCAR auto racing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Dear Juan Pablo,
Congratulations on winning your first NASCAR Busch Series race! Today’s race in Mexico meant a lot to you and Latinos everywhere. I know that you were really excited and anxious to get a win under your belt, but did you really need to take out your own teammate, Scott Pruett, to do it? Frankly this type of behavior is inexcusable. You just don’t do that type of thing. You had the better car, we all knew it, why couldn’t you have held off and passed him cleanly in another area of the track?
This taints your win and even though you said you didn’t mean to, this is going to follow you around for a while. Don’t you remember just last year when Brian Vickers made that bonehead move at Talladega that took out his teammate Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr.? Yea, many people weren’t very happy with him after that.
Your own Crew Chief, Brad Parrott, was crying after the race because he felt so bad that you screwed over someone on your team. That alone speaks volumes, as it is something that I have never seen in NASCAR before today. You should feel bad, very, very bad! You made a grown man cry!
Ok, ok, so I’m sure this will all blow over in a couple weeks, but don’t think people are going to forget about this. Make sure the next time you win you don’t step on someone else to get there.
Sincerely,
Valli
