Almirola files lawsuit against Earnhardt Ganassi Racing
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Aric Almirola has filed a lawsuit in North Carolina Superior Court alleging that Earnhardt Ganassi Racing and Dale Earnhardt Inc. have breached their contract with him. Almirola, who drove in seven Sprint Cup races this year for the team before his car was parked because of a lack of sponsorship, filed the complaint last Thursday. DEI had announced last year that Almirola would run a full season in 2009, but the organization later merged its Cup operation with Chip Ganassi Racing to form Earnhardt Ganassi Racing.
The complaint does not detail the circumstances surrounding the breach-of-contract claim and asks the court to refer the matter to arbitration. Almirola had filed two notices of a claim last month, and he had until Thursday to file the actual complaint. He is dismissing his claim against Chip Ganassi Racing and EGR co-owner Teresa Earnhardt but proceeding in the one against EGR and DEI. The team had no comment.
Make that rich bi*ch pay Eric……….
What’s that saying, “Don’t bite the hand that feeds”?
At the end of last season he was given the option to run a very limited schedule this year, or leave and go race for another team. He decided to stay. At the beginning of this season he was told that he had 7 races of sponsorship, and that he could run whatever 7 races he wanted and that they would try to find him more sponsorship so he can run more. He decided to run the first 7 in-hopes that he’d be able to get sponsorship, well he sucked it up and nobody wanted to sponsor him. EGR told him he was free to go find another ride if he wanted to. He found a truck ride for a few races and found a NNS ride for a few races (his last NNS race was for a Ganassi partnered team). EGR didn’t have to let him do any of that, they could have made him sit all year, but they let him go look for a ride. And then he turns around and does this?
Hell there is a reason he got the treatment he got at JGR, he sucks. There is only one reason why he got the opportunity that he did, and that is the Racist and Sexist (towards white males) program known as the Drive for Diversity program.