Earnhardt’s sister to have surgery, DEI negotiations on hold
Quote selected text Published March 22nd, 2007 in NASCAR News
Negotiations to re-sign with the company his father built isn’t Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s top concern at the moment.
The health of his sister is.
Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, who has been negotiating the new deal at Dale Earnhardt Inc. with her brother, is scheduled to undergo surgery Friday.
“My sister is in the hospital right now, so we’re going to have to put everything on hold for a while,” Earnhardt Jr. said Thursday at Bristol Motor Speedway.
“She’s going to be in the hospital for a couple of days. We’ll be watching that pretty closely. Everything in life is on hold until that gets better.”
Representatives of DEI would not discuss specifics of the surgery, only to say that the family was concerned. A source close to the situation said a benign cyst was discovered on Elledge’s pancreas last week.
Elledge’s situation has forced the postponement of several negotiation meetings the past week and a half.
But sources close to the situation said the meetings prior to that had gone well and that Teresa Earnhardt, Earnhardt Jr.’s stepmother and the owner of DEI, was actively involved.
“Our No. 1 priority right now is for Kelley to have a speedy recovery,” said Max Siegel, the vice president for Global Operations at DEI.
source: ESPN.com
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Best wishes and prayers for Kelly for a speedy recovery
My prayers go out to Kelly and her family during this time…Hoping for the best!!
My Prayers go out to Kelley and her family…Hoping for the best.
My prayer go out to everyone in the Earnhardt family. Kelly for a speedy recovery and to the family to give them srenght to get through this.
My thoughts and prayers are with the Earnhardt family.
My prayers are for kelly and her family,hope you feel better soon,your big brother is right where he wants to be,with you.Your whole family is right where they should be too.get well .
get well kelly,best of luck to the earnhardt family
Thoughts and Prayers go out to Kelly getting better quickly and for this negotiating to be done and over with so everyone can focus on winning and the championship!
Good luck Kelley and rest easy Earnhardt family…Big E is watching down on it and will intervene I am sure. Our prayers are with you all.