{"id":45,"date":"2007-06-13T18:31:58","date_gmt":"2007-06-14T00:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenharness.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/nascar-junior-drops-a-bomb-part-2\/"},"modified":"2007-06-14T08:32:01","modified_gmt":"2007-06-14T14:32:01","slug":"nascar-junior-drops-a-bomb-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/glenharness.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/nascar-junior-drops-a-bomb-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR: Junior Drops a Bomb, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Dale Earnhardt, Jr. announced last month that he was leaving DEI, I posted my reaction (and a prediction) to it in a post titled “NASCAR: Junior Drops a Bomb<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

In a press conference today, Junior finished his bombing run. He announced that he’d be going over to Hendrick Motorsports. In the “I told you so” department, I pretty much nailed that one.<\/p>\n

What I didn’t nail was which driver Hendrick would boot to make room for Junior. I predicted that it’d be Casey Mears. Instead it’s going to be Kyle Busch to gets the hook.<\/p>\n

While Busch has won a few races, he certainly hasn’t won any friends. His driving style would lead one to believe that he runs out of talent a little too soon. Now the rumor is that he’ll be going to DEI in a swap or to Ginn racing next year. Either way, he is a proven winner, and despite his over-aggressive driving style, he should be able to land with a half-way decent team.<\/p>\n

The next question in the Junior saga is, who’s the sponsor? The obvious assumption would be Budweiser moving back to Hendrick. I’d guess there’s probably an 80% chance of that happening. As far as the car number goes, I daresay that Junior’s replacement will be driving the #8 next year; I don’t see DEI relinquishing control of that number.<\/p>\n

So, one piece of the Silly Season puzzle gets put into place for 2008. Now we need to see where Busch lands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Dale Earnhardt, Jr. announced last month that he was leaving DEI, I posted my reaction (and a prediction) to it in a post titled “NASCAR: Junior Drops a Bomb“. In a press conference today, Junior finished his bombing run. He announced that he’d be going over to Hendrick Motorsports. In the “I told you … <\/p>\n

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