Media selects Dale Earnhardt Jr. switching teams as top story of 2007
Quote selected text Published December 6th, 2007 in NASCAR News
Dale Earnhardt Jr. announcing that he was leaving Dale Earnhardt Inc. at the end of the season and subsequently announcing he would be racing for Hendrick Motorsports in 2008 was voted the sport’s top story for 2007 by members of the media.
Members of the media ranked the top highlights of the 2007 NASCAR season on NASCARMedia.com. A total of 141 votes were cast online between Nov. 26 and Dec. 4. Each highlight received 10 points for a first-place vote, nine points for a second-place vote, eight points for a third-place vote, etc. down to one point for 10th. Earnhardt’s announcements garnered 64 first-place votes and finished with 1,243 points. Jimmie Johnson winning his second consecutive Nextel Cup Series championship earned 16 first-place votes and finished second with 1,028 points.
The rest of the top 10:
• Gordon passing Dale Earnhardt on the all-time wins list;
• The close finishes at Daytona;
• The introduction of the Car of Tomorrow at Bristol
• Juan Pablo Montoya becoming the first Hispanic driver to win a race in NASCAR’s top two series
• Clint Bowyer winning his first career race as the #12 seed in the Chase for the Nextel Cup
• Johnson outdueling Matt Kenseth for the win in the closing laps of the Dickies 500 at Texas
• The thrilling finish in NASCAR’s first-ever national series race in Canada, and
• Ron Hornaday Jr. becoming the second driver in Craftsman Truck Series history to win three championships.
[NASCAR PR]
- Budweiser looks likely to follow Dale Earnhardt, Jr
- Teresa Earnhardt questions Dale Earnhardt, Jr’s commitment to team, racing
- Dale Jr out to make a point in Sonoma
- How close was Dale Jr to staying at DEI?
- Kevin Harvick calls Teresa Earnhardt a ‘deadbeat’ car owner
“NO KIDDING”
Wow I simply just cannot believe the results….*cough* *cough*, lmao.
of course more jr
I think it should be hendrick in general. A dominant year and signing the most popular driver.
Now that’s a shocker, who would of thought Jr’s little news story would cause so much fuss by the press and his fans just took it stride…
Being a JR fan, I didn’t take that ” in stride”. As a matter of fact, the only reason I was happy was because he’ll finally have top notch equipment. I love how people at this site continually think they know JR fans. Biggest name in racing goes to best team. Speaks for itself.
Nah, I know Jr. fans plenty, that’s why I wasn’t suprised that this was the top story, nor was I suprised that he won the Most Popular Driver Award again, ‘cept this time it was for doing nothing (albeit he wasn’t driving such good cars anymore, I wonder if he and Truex tried to share any info when he ran so well at the end of the season). The MPDA dissapoints fans of other drivers again, *sigh*.
Once again, I stress, most popular means more “fans” voted for you. Media doesn’t control voting. If fans of other drivers want “justice”, get off your butts and vote for your driver more often! As far as the biggest story goes, thats debatable, but not dissapointing. Just not to your liking.