Haas, DEI, RCR, Stewert and Menard master plan?

DEI is screwed.

Truex leaves and thus opening door for Bass Pro to pull plug on sponsorship.

Menards and Paul Menard pull plug on DEI support.

Army doesn't resign for 2009.

Theresa is left with no drivers or sponsorship in 2009.

DEI is almost worthless.

Only thing left is Max Siegal, John Story, some owner's points and The DEI/RCR engine program.

Menard cleans up scraps for penny's on the buck.

Theresa goes barrel racing with daughter.

Max and John get the boot.

RCR takes over DEI's portion of engine program thru offering Jack sponsorship to Menard's new team. Then John gives DEI's portion of engine program to RCR.

RCR's line up becomes

Harvick - Shell
Burton - CAT
Boyer - UPS
Amorola - General Mills

Chevy buys out Tony's contract.

Haas CNC racing is disolved via non top 35 points but Tony starts season with the #66 points and PCP.

New Menards team

Stewart - Jack Daniels/Haas
Truex - Bass Pro Shops
Menard - Menards
Newman - ARMY

Penske
Alltel is out in 2009

Penske sells KB and #2 to GEM.

Roush: Office depot goes to 3rd Yates team and # 16 goes to Yates.

Jack 4 cars, RCR 4 cars, Menards 4 cars, Yates 4 cars, Hendrick 4 cars, Gibbs 4 cars, GEM 4 cars.

Somebody takes the #4 ???

Lot's could happen....

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Permalink Reply by TOG on July 8, 2008 at 3:51am

wow. I am really interested in seeing what becomes of DEI. I also think they are fucked. Bye Bye Max Siegel, I predicted LAST YEAR on my radio show that you would fuck up DEI, even before JR said he was going to Hendrick. Time to dig out the archives..lol...

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Permalink Reply by Rod on July 8, 2008 at 7:41am

Damn fly did that come to you in a dream or do you have that much free time?...LOL. I have not spent one minute thinking of DEI since the wicked witch thought that owning 100% of nothing was better than 49% of an empire! I know Sr. is rolling over in his grave!

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on July 8, 2008 at 8:04am

Maybe not. From Jayski this morning:

UPDATE: Max Siegel, President of Global Operations at DEI is currently in negotiations with major investors to buy Teresa Earnhardt out of DEI, a source close to the negotiations said Monday. It appears now that Teresa is finally willing to sell, and Siegel is working diligently with a number of potential investors to take the company over. Sources said Siegel would not just be buying a portion of DEI or a controlling interest, rather, he would be buying the entire company. Sources said, Teresa has agreed to walk away from the company entirely for the right price. That price is supposedly somewhere between $115-$130 million dollars. With one exception...Teresa would retain the rights to all "Dale Earnhardt' and 'Intimidator' rights and merchandise sales. Siegel would only be buying the DEI race teams, and real estate including all race shops and the DEI headquarters in Mooresville, NC. Sources said Siegel is very serious about the purchase and appears to have investors salivating over the opportunity to own the legendary team. In addition, Teresa has grown more frustrated with NASCAR nation following her fall-out with the sports most popular driver, and wants nothing more than to be out of the public eye for good.(Captain Thunder Racing)(7-8-2008)

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Permalink Reply by Rod on July 8, 2008 at 8:10am

Man that just makes her even more of a dumb-ass she could have made way more than that if she would have just stepped aside and let Jr have control. Max has investors, I guess rich folks will waste money on anything!

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Permalink Reply by TOG on July 8, 2008 at 10:27am

wow. Ok. Max is the man !

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Permalink Reply by Keith on July 8, 2008 at 4:17pm

Guess Captain Thunder just had his "thunder" stolen...

UPDATE 2 reports refuted: Dale Earnhardt, Inc. is not for sale -- right now. DEI president Max Siegel on Tuesday refuted an Internet report that company owner Teresa Earnhardt had commissioned investment banking firm Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. to locate a buyer or financial investment partner. "We have not engaged Bear, Stearns or Goldman Sachs or anyone else," Siegel said. "We are contacted all the time by outside firms about getting involved in the sport. We are not for sale right now. Nothing is imminent. Are we constantly weighing that as an option? Does that make sense? Quite frankly, we don't know," Siegel said. "Every team is looking for a way to bring in appropriate resources. Every single one. We haven't engaged anybody. People obviously approach us -- they're approaching everybody. We're looking to be around for a long time in future. We're feeling pretty damn good about where we're going, competition-wise." Siegel was forced to approach his driving corps with assurance that the team is currently not for sale. "I have assured them it's not true," Siegel said.(ESPN.com)(7-8-2008)

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on July 8, 2008 at 4:29pm

I don't know. If you read that closely, nowhere does it say that TE wouldn't sell here interests to Max. He just says DEI is not for sale, and Bear Stearns hasn't been commisioned.

Captain Thunder may still be right.

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Permalink Reply by Mario on July 8, 2008 at 4:43pm

I noticed that too Alan. It reminds me of the way Yates would handle rumors about a driver change...Deny, Deny, Deny, Deny, then the rumor becomes true.

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Permalink Reply by RGDirt on July 8, 2008 at 5:10pm

They all put their own spin on things. My rule of thumb is where there's smoke, there's usually fire.

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Permalink Reply by HazMat870 on July 8, 2008 at 10:39am

Burton said on trackside that he would be in the CAT car next year.

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Permalink Reply by Lis on July 8, 2008 at 8:53pm

You are correct. Tony mentioned EVERYBODY who ever sponsored/helped him along the way in his career for his first Cup Champ speech. Menard got NO mention what-so-ever. Never say never, but I'm pretty sure it would be a cold day before Tony had any future dealings with anything Menard.