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dale earnhardt jr must keep no.8!

xabist..

dale earnhardt jr must keep no.8!

by xabist.. » Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:34:17

help me keep dale's no. in NASCAR! i signed a petition at this link.
help me out guys and tell your friends and family
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Tim Wheatle

dale earnhardt jr must keep no.8!

by Tim Wheatle » Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:17:48


Yeah, 'cause that's gonna make a difference. lol

Sean Higgin

dale earnhardt jr must keep no.8!

by Sean Higgin » Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:02:37


I can bet you that the majority of the people involved (not fans) would like
a new # and Sponsor.  All his fans will have to buy new merchandise. :)

--

Sean Higgins
www.higpup.com

73 Trans Am
www.higpup.com/ta/

Alan Bernard

dale earnhardt jr must keep no.8!

by Alan Bernard » Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:34:52


Yeah, this is really important to me too.  Forget about the fact that we're
fighting a losing war in Iraq and that some are pushing for a war with Iran.
As long as Dale keeps #8, I'll be happy.

Alan

gord

dale earnhardt jr must keep no.8!

by gord » Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:40:58


I thought everyone wanted him to have the #3 on his car?

Ed Medli

dale earnhardt jr must keep no.8!

by Ed Medli » Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:43:15




>> help me keep dale's no. in NASCAR! i signed a petition at this link.
>> help me out guys and tell your friends and family
>> http://youchoose.net/pledge/let_dale_earnhardt_keep_8/from/xavierr

> I thought everyone wanted him to have the #3 on his car?

No matter what # he may have the talk is that his sponsor will be Nike with
Bud as a secondary sponsor (maybe a Busch car in the JR Motorsports stable).
Childress will keep the #3 under wraps for a while with JR maybe driving it
later in his career. As far as the #8 is concerned, that is up to the evil
stepmother. With their present relationship I would doubt that she will
release it no matter what the fans want.

Ed

The Other Larr

dale earnhardt jr must keep no.8!

by The Other Larr » Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:08:24

Methinks Teresa will keep it out of spite.  Same with the bud sponsorship.

I am so glad he's out of there...

-Larry



>> help me keep dale's no. in NASCAR! i signed a petition at this link.
>> help me out guys and tell your friends and
>> familyhttp://youchoose.net/pledge/let_dale_earnhardt_keep_8/from/xavierr

> Yeah, 'cause that's gonna make a difference. lol

The Other Larr

dale earnhardt jr must keep no.8!

by The Other Larr » Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:10:08

Jr. doesn't want the #3, and I fully understand and support his reasons for
it.  Like he said.  Maybe 15 years from now, when his career is winding
down.  Or maybe a special occasion.

-Larry




>> help me keep dale's no. in NASCAR! i signed a petition at this link.
>> help me out guys and tell your friends and family
>> http://youchoose.net/pledge/let_dale_earnhardt_keep_8/from/xavierr

> I thought everyone wanted him to have the #3 on his car?

PW

dale earnhardt jr must keep no.8!

by PW » Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:05:56



>help me keep dale's no. in NASCAR! i signed a petition at this link.
>help me out guys and tell your friends and family
>http://youchoose.net/pledge/let_dale_earnhardt_keep_8/from/xavierr

Why?  Did you buy a thousand dollars of NASCAR merchandise with the
number 8 on it? :-)  
Tim

dale earnhardt jr must keep no.8!

by Tim » Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:13:24

NASCAR owns the car numbers, not the teams
They have looked the other way regarding the 3 not being used

The only way DEI can keep the 8 is if they field a team with it

As much as she wants to be spiteful that team, with an 8 would get so bood
so often no sponsor would put up with it

Not even Budwieser
The 3 is a good example
Plenty of new teams since 2001 and not one has requested the 3 :)

And don't forget, Hendrick feels just as strong about the 5 as TE feels
about the 8

Tim

Philth

dale earnhardt jr must keep no.8!

by Philth » Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:59:43



Because the number 3 is assigned to RCR and they are not going to ever
give it up.

Phil

Tim

dale earnhardt jr must keep no.8!

by Tim » Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:00:21

NASCAR owns the car numbers, not the teams




> >Plenty of new teams since 2001 and not one has requested the 3 :)

> Because the number 3 is assigned to RCR and they are not going to ever
> give it up.

> Phil

Tim

dale earnhardt jr must keep no.8!

by Tim » Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:03:15

From http://www.jayski.com/pages/faqrace.htm#numbers

Who owns the Nextel Cup car numbers?

NASCAR owns and assigns car numbers to an owner(s). NASCAR reserves the
right to revoke or transfer car numbers to another owner/team at any time.
Car numbers are non-assignable and non-transferable, except by NASCAR.
NASCAR works with teams and sponsors when a specific number is requested. If
duplication of numbers occur, which usually happens with the part-time
teams, the fastest qualifier usually gets to use the number unless one team
is considered full-time. In 2002, the #27 was used by Scott Wimmer for Bill
Davis Racing and by Kirk Shelmerdine, both part time, however, Wimmer was
listed in the #27 and Shelmerdine in the #`172 and when they attempted the
same races, Wimmer got to use the #27 and Shelmerdine ran the #72, so NASCAR
uses it's judgement in deciding who runs the number.(9-6-1999/9-17/2003)

The Other Larr

dale earnhardt jr must keep no.8!

by The Other Larr » Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:13:36

Yes, but the teams lease them.  As long as Childress writes the check, he
owns the number.

-Larry


> NASCAR owns the car numbers, not the teams





>> >Plenty of new teams since 2001 and not one has requested the 3 :)

>> Because the number 3 is assigned to RCR and they are not going to ever
>> give it up.

>> Phil

gord

dale earnhardt jr must keep no.8!

by gord » Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:16:24


Booing is not that big of a deal.
It hasn't stopped Dupont from sponsoring the 24 car all these years.
Booing hasn't affected their win percentage either.
And it certainly hasn't hurt the souvenier sales.


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