Reports: Busch to sign with DEI?, DEI to buy Ginn? UPDATED
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Jayski.com is hearing that Kyle Busch will sign with Dale Earnhardt Inc to run for them in 2008, the deal could be announced at Indianapolis next week.
They are also hearing a deal could be announced in the next week or so, where Dale Earnhardt Inc. would buy into or outright purchase Ginn Racing. Ginn Racing currently fields the #01-Mark Martin/Regan Smith, #13-Joe Nemechek and #14-Sterling Marlin teams.
UPDATE:
Dale Earnhardt, Inc. and Ginn Racing are working on a merger agreement that, if finalized, would meld the two organizations into a single company, multiple sources close to negotiations told ESPN.com on Monday. The deal is not done, but a decision will be made soon. Both organizations hope, sources said, to firm up outstanding details and announce a partnership immediately. This deal is an elaborate proposition that entails several obstacles, including how best to reduce from six Nextel Cup teams to the maximum four. The obvious answer, sources said, would be to eliminate Ginn’s financially-strapped #13 and #14 teams.
I don’t understand where RCR comes into play other than the engine deal…
The DEI/Ginn thing doesn’t make sense either b/c you’re only alotted 4 cars per team, they would then have 6 which is just a total waste of money and resources…If they buy all of Ginn’s COT rolling chassis minus the Hendrick hp b/c of the RCR engine combo…yeah see where I’m going with this? haha
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please Richard don’t sign Little Shrub!!!!
Headlines read he signs with RCR, story says DEI, can you clarify Mr. Editor?
The original story from Jayski was that Busch was going to run “Busch” or whatever the series will be called in ‘08, making RCR top contender for Little Shrub, but now it looks like he may go to DEI.
I bet DEI is just going to assimilate Ginn into its operations. I think they just want the car number, possibly the owner’s points for whatever reason and whatever equipment they can get. I don’t see why DEI would try to run Ginn second hand when they have a hard enough time running their own stuff. I think Ginn racing and that shop will be no more when this is all said and done.
Kyle is a Childress driver if I’ve ever seen one, but the actual article does say DEI. What gives?
Give DEI a break, they have one good driver in Truex. What do you expect them to do with a public figure?
I am sure Teresa is going to do anything and everything to prove to everyone that she doesn’t
need Jr to be on top. She is going to push more then ever now to be kown/in the spotlight in NASCAR.
I am willing to guess she is thinking “I will not go down”
I am guess that the first part is suppose to say Busch to RCR, not DEI. But why even bother guessing,
just trying to sit tight as usual and see what happens
The thing with this deal is if you buy Ginn you get stuff (chassis, equipment, maybe a look at some engines) and one more car in the top o’ the owners points. When everybody was saying Jr. should move to Ginn this was right around the corner. Ginn has one good team, and 2 lesser teams (i saw this coming when Mark took over the 01 from Joe). If they had 1 less team they would be better off this year. I think though if Ginn can make it to next year things might just get better (the COT might equalize the field some). Just some thoughts.
So is it RCR or DEI?.. This post is conflicting with itself..
Anyways I agree with Axel word for word.
And Chevetteracer brought a point also, where they would just receive
Ginn’s race equipment, etc.
***Sorry it always has a different name***
So is it RCR or DEI?.. This post is conflicting with itself..
Anyways I agree with Axel word for word.
And Chevetteracer brought a point also, where they would just receive
Ginn’s race equipment, etc.
Sorry about the typo in the headline folks…we fixed it (with duct tape!….:)).
Looks like DEI will be much stronger then this year.
Ever notice how many times Jayski.com has been wrong?
I’ll believe it when it comes out of the big wigs’ mouths.
Hooray for duct tape!
But I really don’t see where buying Ginn is going to do ANYTHING for TEI…uh, I mean DEI…other than making Teresa look all high and mighty and powerful. And Shrub to that team makes even less sense other than she wants to prove she can GET a driver that she thinks is better than Junior. I think that this is going to blow up in her face.
TEI Thats a good one
Breanna its called a ‘RUMOR’ therefore it may or may not be true.
And Jayski is not a bad source for information because usually you
hear things there much sooner than you would from other
sources.
You know the tasteless [[yet truthful and funny]] remarks that have
been made about how Theresa manages to keep her funding from John
Menard?
Apply now to Mr Ginn.
I just don’t see why anyone would merge with her, really.
Well Breanna, you are too young to understand business.
It’s not about personalities.
“yet truthful”
Golly gosh Breanna, where do you get your information? MTV? Nickelodeon?
Boy do i feel bad 4 that team!! wow how retarded to sign him!!
Dude, I was making a joke about how people say she’s sleeping with
Menard to keep him around.
Golly gosh man, get some common sense.
And no, I see no point in anyone merging with her because much of the
Nascar world now hates her-and yes, I realize some don’t, hence the
fact I said most, not all, so you guys don’t need to
get your panties in a bunch-and that can really stick with a person.
A lot of the Nascar fanbase wants her to fail, so it’ll probably
happen. We’re the ones that buy the souveneirs, etc. And, whether
you like Jr or not, he’s taking a lot of her income with him, so
that’s more money already lost-or will be by the time next season
rolls around.
Teresa and kyle deserve each other.
Boy do i feel bad 4 that team!! wow how retarded to sign him!!
put martin and marlin in the 1 car with bass pro shops, put nemechek in the 01 with army, menard in the 15 with whoever, and truex in the 8 with budweiser. Issues solved.
“taking her income”?????
The sponsors are staying, what income are you talking about? T-shirt sales? They will sell Busch Bud shirts. Her income will not change because dufoos left.
Nobody cares what Nascar fans want. They will not make DEI fail. JR has tried his best to make DEI fail for 6 years now and hasn’t been able to do it with his bad driving.
Most of the Nascar community wants JR as the champion, yet it hasn’t happened. That is the POWER of the Nascar fan.
your a jerk
As I stated before, I can’t wait for Kyle to get
in the #8 and start winning the races that Jr. cannot.
I’m someone with an opinion that differs from yours and you’re too
immature to handle it. And it’s pretty funny that you came back after
a half hour to insult me, and your best is calling me a jerk.
The merchandise sales money Dale Jr brings is monstrous. And when the
cars aren’t performing, the sponsors won’t stick around for very long
either.
If you haven’t noticed, Teresa hasn’t been putting any real effort
into making sure the cars, or company as a whole, run correctly.
For example, the fact she hired a guy from Sony to run a race team. So let’s
not blame that on Dale Jr, shall we? Dale Jr most likely hasn’t been
champion yet because of the bad equipment. I say most likely because
I can’t predict what would of happened had he had good equipment and
I also can’t predict what’ll happen at Hendrick next year.
I have nothing against Kyle Busch and wish him success next year if
he goes to DEI, but I really doubt he’s going to get it.
Martin Truex has been running great lately, including a victory. You need to get your facts together. Dale Jr. is in fact the number 2 driver there for sure. Not because of equipment, because of being the second best driver on that team.
“Teresa hasn’t been putting any real effort
into making sure the cars, or company as a whole, run correctly.”
You mean like make an engine deal with RCR?
*snickers at Breanna’s comment about Teresa Earnhardt sleeping with John Menard* You sure she’s not sleeping with Paul?
Oh, wait. Owners sleeping with their drivers is Ray Evernham’s territory. Sorry. :p
Back to the matter at hand. I don’t know who said it (and it may have been someone that’s commenting here that also commented in the thread that said that HMS was firing Kyle Busch today…I didn’t really pay attention), but compairing Junior and Kyle is like compairing apples and oranges. First off, Junior’s what, ten years older than Shrub? There’s no way taht Kyle is going to drive like Junior, because he doesn’t have the experience. No matter how long he’s raced, Kyle is going to have ten years less experience because of the age factor. Junior’s not as agressive of a driver as Shrub is, and I don’t think Junior ever WAS that aggressive. I would compare Junior to Jeff Gordon, and Kyle to Tony Stewart, driving style wise.
I DO think, though, that both drivers got cruddy equipment. No matter how you look at it, the focus of HMS is Jeff and Jimmie. Neither Kyle nor Vickers/Mears gets the same attention. Hell, the 5 and the 25 were in a completely different shop than the 24 and 48 until this year! (I’m not even sure if the additions to the shops so they can house all four cars in the same building yet.) And I’m sure that Senior didn’t give Junior the best equipment, because if he did, people would say “Oh, Junior’s just doing good because his daddy gave him the best stuff.” Remember, until he got hurt, Steve Park was the main star at DEI.
I had more to say, but I’m running out of time on my break…
Dale Jr. fans do nothing but make pathetic excusses about his bad driving. Comparing a 4-time Nascar champion to that hack is comparing apples to turnips.
He has bad equipment, huh?
Dale Sr. set up his team and equipment and that hack can’t take advantage of what most drivers would salavate over. Dale Sr. never made excusses…….JR. fans suck.
Teresa will have a wake-up call next season and wish she would have worked with Junior at a fair level. Junior deserved to be a larger part of DEI. It really sucks that she didn’t see it that way. Sounds like greed to me. I think Senior would roll over in his grave to know that Teresa would not give Junior more control of the legacy of DEI. I find it hard to think about Junior not driving for DEI next year but it is what it is. I know Junior will have a better car and hopefully will do better with Hendrick. I don’t believe DEI will be as strong once Junior is gone. Teresa will be sorry.
It is too bad that Junior will not be sponsored by Bud. After all my collecting!!!!
(And I’m sure that Senior didn’t give Junior the best equipment, because if he did, people would say “Oh, Junior’s just doing good because his daddy gave him the best stuff)
You just made JR out to sound like Nascar’s biggest pu$$y.
Pathetic!
“snickers at Breanna’s comment about Teresa Earnhardt sleeping with John Menard* You sure she’s not sleeping with Paul?”
Truthfully, Jr is sleeping with Rick Hendrick. He must have gotten that job some how, it wasn’t drivewr talent. He is the Hendricks team girly-man, keeping the team happy if you know what I mean. I bet Adidas will have new Dale JR. knee pads for sale soon so his fans can enjoy them too.
Stacy-You could always sell it, Dale Jr/Bud merchandise should be worth a
fair bit someday from what I’ve heard from some people on here who
were at Chicagoland.
“Uncle Clem”-Notice any seemingly intelligent changes she’s made are
since Dale Jr announced his departure. That’s called trying to save
your a__. And my point is, I don’t think she can. Either way she’s
a moneygrubbing whore who basically slapped her dead husband across
the face, so I really do rather hope she fails. Pardon me for liking
that small inkling of common decency.
Sr. IS olling over in his grave…….listening to the pathetic excuss’s made by JR’s fans.
Dude you either have something yourself to compensate for, you
have that little of a life, or perhaps you’re the one who constantly
seems to be stalking me. Either way, that’s three consecutive comments
bashing Jr. It’s overkill.
And ah yes, the cars are fantastic. That’s why Jr has had mechanical
failures several times while leading this year. What was it that went
wrong with his car this week? Oh yeah, power steering. And he
still finished the race. Also, ever notice Rick Hendrick hires
drivers he sees potential in? I highly doubt he’s changing his course
after how many years at doing this. So yes, it is because of
driver’s ability.
Anonymous – okay, your entitled to your opinion about Junior, but let me guess you must be a fan of Kyle Petty!!!!!!!
Excuses these are not it is pretty factual.
DEI has put a top engine program in place and now wants to expand. That is GOOD, intelligent planning. It’s just not the changes JR’s fans wnated….boohoo.
Of course, you may think expanding first and then chasing the engine program is a better approach.(eyes rolling)
She is smart enough to see JR will NEVER be nearly as good as SR, so why try. You can’t make lemonade out of oranges. JR is a popular public figure….nothing more.
DEI is also in the process of a MAJOR driver upgrade.
Truex is 8th in points and a race winner…cased closed.
Potential at 32 years old….hahahahahah
All top team owners think their new hires have potential. Dale Sr. thought Jr had potential. unless yoiu think he SR. was stupid.
If Dale Sr is the driver on the other end of the comparison, no driver
is any good. And no driver will ever be as good. That doesn’t
mean Jr isn’t good period. And I refuse to debate that part anymore
cuz it’s off-topic.
And you really must be kind of slow. I never said putting together
a good engine program was bad; I said she didn’t start making changes
like that until after Jr said he was leaving because she’s trying to
save her a__ now because she can’t just ride on the coattails of
the money and attention he brings in anymore. And what are you talking
about, I may think expanding first is a good idea. Theresa’s
the one who’s been diversifying the actual company before helping
the racing program itself for years.
JR fans are the same ‘BRAIN TRUST’ who thought SR and Gordon hated each other…….hahahahahaha. A smart bunch of fans you are.
Now this….what’s next in fantasy land?
All top team owners think their new hires have potential. Dale Sr.
thought Jr had potential. unless yoiu think he SR. was stupid.
hahahaha. You just proved my point. By your logic, Sr saw potential
in Jr and Sr’s not stupid. Therefore, Jr has potential.
Teresa may think Junior will never be as good as SR but she is wrong. Driving was a lot different when SR. was leading in points. So much has changed over the years. Jr., no question has the talent and ability. I think Teresa may have hindered JR because she never wanted him to be better than SR. I am not trying to bad mouth SR. but he raised JR. to be a winner and I don’t think he would mind having his ass kicked by his son. He would be proud. JR. is a very popular figure but there is more!!! Much more. Why would Hendrick sign him????? Hendrick has a team of true talent. That is a fact!!!
Breanna, JR hasn’t lived up to what anyone thought he could. Not because of equipment, because he is not that good. Theresa saw it and didn’t care if he left. Did you see BVud follow him? They love champions…DW, T. Labonte, B. Elliott. They would have stayed with JR if they thought he had it. They invest ed much money into him for a championship and got nothing. But, where are they? Still at DEI….FOR A REASON!
Next years excuss’s:
Hendrick plays favortism.
Cruddy equipment
He doesn’t fit in there.
They are not Southern, they don’t like JR.
I have the potential to be a Nascar champion too. And so does Breanna, Stacy and all the rest.
EVERYONE has potential!
No, actually, if he doesn’t do good at Hendrick that’ll convince me
it’s him and not the equipment. I don’t make excuses, I rationalize.
And by the way, Uncle Clem, I didn’t think Sr and Gordon hated each
other. So try again.
Budweiser wasn’t allowed to follow JR. because of obligations to other Hendrick Sponsors. Budweiser wanted to follow JR & JR wanted Bud as his sponsor. This wasn’t a matter of Budweiser choosing NOT to sponsor JR it was a matter of contracts that had been signed already with other sponsors.
As far as Teresa seeing that JR wasn’t any good is far fetched, She knows he is good but she wasn’t willing to give up any control to someone who knows more about racing than she does.
Let’s see here. Hendrick signed Vickers, and Mears. Ok, I agree jr is on the same talent level with those two. hahahahahahaha
Potential? Even Breanna has the potential to get a date…doesn’t mean it will happen.
DEI is a championship team. Where did JR get his Busch Championships? Since then, Matt Kensethh has kicked his ass in cup(in a FORD no less) and Truex is doing so well(in a shorter amount of time with the same equioment) that JR had to leave to avoid more humiliation.
Teresa didn’t let JR leave because she thought he had not talent she let him go becasue she didn’t want to give up any control to someone who knows more about racing than she does. She is making these changes now so she looks good and Brenna is right to save her _ _ _ !!!!! She needed to do something. Hendrick would have never signed JR is he didn’t have any talent, Hendrick’s team is filled with true talent. That is a fact!! I am not making any excuses but stating the truth. JR has natural talent and SR would have never invested money and time in JR if he didn’t think so.
Bud couln’t follow JR because of the Obiligations Hendrick already has with other sponsors or else Bud would have followed. It wasn’t because Bud thought JR. sucked it was contractual obligations.
To avoid humiliation, hahaha. DEI WAS a champioship team before Teresa let it all go to her head. She let JR go because she didn’t want to give up any control. We all know Ford sucks!!! Take a look at the winning history of Ford vs. Chevy!!! Truex is doing well but not that well.
if you take a look at the history of Truex’s first 3 years and JR. first three years you will see a difference.
Truex:
2004 – 119 points
2005- 589 points
2006 – 3673 points
JR:
1999 – 500 points
2000 – 3516 points
2001 – 4460 points
After all it is about points these days!!!!!!
I’m getting married in less than a month, dumba__. And such personal
attacks are a good sign you’ve run out of worthwhile arguments,
which you seem to do quite often. Then again, that makes sense seeing
as you stalk me on just about every board I post on and make weak
arguments just for the sake of ruffling feathers.
And as to the last part of your comment, I don’t pretend to believe
Dale Jr is the single most talented driver running on the track
today. I think Matt Kenseth is a very smooth driver and have always
been a fan of his as well, and Truex is benefitting from Teresa now
working to save her a__. Before that, he really didn’t do much of
anything. But one cannot say Jr doesn’t have any talent at all or he
wouldn’t be where he is and he certainly wouldn’t have 17 cup wins.
*bashes head in* Why? Why do I even try? It doesn’t matter how articulate you speak, or how many good points you bring up. If you don’t agree with the gutless rejects who don’t even have the cahones to sign their posts, they will just spam the board with responses that could be covered in one post and make personal attacks on other posters.
Anonymous Moron #75 did bring up a good point, though. DEI is a championship BUSCH team. Just because you burn em up in Busch doesn’t mean your team’s going to do the exact same thing in the Cup series. It happens to drivers, and it also happens to teams.
Oh, and Clem? Truex is 11th in points, not 8th. If we were going by last years’ rules, he wouldn’t be in the chase.
…then again, Junior wouldn’t be either…
Ginn went from contender to pretender in a heartbeat. Think Martin is having secong thoughts? Nemechek and Marlin are has beens. We have enough fillers as it is. DEI is doing everything they can to show the world they don’t need Jr. That means Big E IS turning in his grave! DEI and Childress always had decent motor programs in place before the merger. I do believe Jr has to step up his program because Truex isn’t going away. Drivers with a little talent are called prospects. When they don’t produce, they’re suspect. The immediate future is starting to cloud up for more than a few under achievers. But I still want to know wher KyBu will land!!
Great points Stacy!
In Truex’s first FULL year, he earned more points then JR in his first FULL year.
As YOU said, it is about the points: 3671 vs. 3516 and thge pounding continues.
If Ford so bad, why is Kenseth bit%h-slapping JR all over the cup circuit? Because he is a true Champion. You don’t hear Kenseth fans making excuss’s about him driving a Ford do you?
If Ford was so good why have they only won 3 races this year????? Chevy has 15 wins!!! there is more to Ford than Kennseth. As for his fans, I’ve never met one!!!! (and that’s the truth) Zipade doo da Kennseth has one 1 race this year. Yea, he has had some good finishes but the season is not over yet!!
Yea, in Truex first Full year but what about his previous two years. He completed 2 races the first year and 7 the next. JR.’s first year he only ran 5 races and then went to run the complete full year the next. It took Truex 2 years before he ran all the races.
Last year Jr. finished 5th in points with 6328 points (36 races completed)
Truex Jr. finsihed 19th with 3673 points. Wow, what a pounding!!
it’s early in the game this year, and just because Truex is ahead as of JR. NOW does not mean that is where he will finish!!!
Kenseth is a Nascar Champion. JR has none….zippidy do da that. I am a bug fan of Matt Kenseth, he doesn’t make excuss’s, he is the Closer! Ford was good enough to beat JR for the NASCAR CHAMPIONSHIP in lesser equioment. Must have been the driver.
It took Truex two years to run all the races? that was a team decision, they probably didn’t want precious jr getting upset and leaving…opps too late.
Anonymous, you suck a**. That whole rant about Jr. being the girly-man at HMS was stupid enough to make me comment when I when I could care less about the subject of this topic. HMS is a joke. They might as well run just the 24 & 48 since those are the only cars they care about. I’ll buy you some kneepads so you can make me happy. Aww skeet skeet skeet.
If HMS is a joke…JR must be the laughing stock of Nascar. ZERO Championships!
I love how the 25 car has won twice in the last 30 races, and how about the #5 car? Any wins there? Yup!
Nice Adidas Signature Kneepads Boy!
Has anyone else ever noticed that Breanna has no life and sits around in and waits to insult people in the forums. Wow someone needs to get a life..
I noticed that many weeks ago…..
Has anyone ever noticed how stupid it is to assume I ever said I had
a life? I’m a hermit, I freely admit that and prefer it that way. If
I more than occasionally stepped foot out into the real world with
people like you I’d catch stupidity; when enough of it’s in close
proximity it has to be contagious.
FYI, trying to have an intelligent debate with someone isn’t insulting
them. The above part of this message is called an insult. Just thought
I’d differentiate between the two for you.
As I have noticed you can not have a intelligent conversation with anyone without attacking them or for saying how they feel about something. You act like you are always right and what anyone else says is wrong. No wonder you are a hermit, cause no one on the outside world would put up with the way you act.
I act like I believe what I say is right, which obviously has
to be so or I wouldn’t believe it to begin with. Other people can
hold whatever opinion they like, they just shouldn’t expect me to
change mine. Also, I’m the one who’s alienated myself from my friends
in recent times. And the comparatively few I’ve retained are the ones
who aren’t so retarded that they annoy me in five seconds.
And, y’know for someone who hates me, you’ve turned this board into a
discussion about me. I’m nowhere near important enough for that, so
why not just drop it?
Yes…you’ve all had your say…no drop it and let’s get back on topic please.
yes, right. I think we’ve gotten off topic.
The only response I have for “anonymous” is the season is not over yet.
Oh, and one more thing JR. isn’t going anywhere he just went to a better team!
you are right…JR isn’t going anywhere.
Hey AutoRacingSport.com Editor,
I will run this board.
Hey person pretending to be me, you forgot the period at the end of
my name and you also didn’t link back to my page, nor do you know
my email, so I’m pretty sure they can tell the difference.
Sorry Editor, just wanted to clear that up in case.
See what I mean Breanna can’t just let something go. Wow that is all I have to say.
What some of you don’t realize is that while SR. was alive during JR’s first few years, JR. had great Equipment. SR. made sure of it, but sence his death DEI has fallen behind at a regular rate and Jr’s wins have have fallen of also. Teresa insted of putteng $ into new technoligy to get cought back up has yryed to do it by swapping and changing personal Which is ok if it gets results but if it doesn’t (as with the eurys to the 15 team) then you have to do more to stay in the game. Teresa (till now) didn’t want to put up the kind of $ it was going to take to do it. I’m not trying to take anything away from the 1 team I like truax he is very tallented but alot of that teams reasent surge is due to trying to inpress and keep its sronser (Bass Pro) and Truax wanting to get the best contract extention possable and most of those races have been in the COT which has helped DEI get cought up some sense it is suppose to be the great equilizer and there in a chevy which has been dominant this year. I hope Truax keeps runnung good for his sake and the business that SR. started but it is going to be hard for them, I’m sure there will be several top Employees at DEI follow JR. to Hendricks and they will be under the microscope to see how they do with out JR. AS for the JR. haters I guess we will all see what kind of driver he is over the next 5 years, if he doesn’t do as good at Hendricks as he use to at DEI then I guess your right if he does better then I guess the JR. fans are right. But reather he wins a championship or even another race in his life He has proven that he is a good driver with his 17 cup wins . IS he or will he ever be as good as SR. I doubt it but he has never said he is or will be
That sums it all up. I agree with the comment from gkirb.
yoi did’t speel on wourd riaght
gkirb was right. I dont want to see DEI and Ginn merge Ginn is better then DEI at this point. DEI needs to focus on winning some races so they can have drivers for next year. If DEI buys Ginn there is going to be problems. If DEI doesnt start putting money into new technology is going to go under and the only person that will be able to save them is Dale Jr.
DEI has made very good progress with the COT car. Truex is preforming quite well and things have been going real good in regards to the engine program and the outlook for a better driver line up next year. Sponsorship continues to be a good thing too.
Your right Uncle Clem things have got a little better lately, but don’t you think it is odd that things didn’t start improving intill JR. pointed out how bad they had gotten? I wonder if DEI will have the $ in the long run to get cought up and stay cought up with technology. Lets be honest with out the cash flow JR. brings in $ is going to be tighter and even if Budweiser stays I doudt if they will up there Sponsership $ with out JR. driving the car. Bass pro almost didn’t resign so I doubt they added much more than before and the same with Medards. I think Buying Ginn wouldn;t help much but a merger might mabey build a joint effert chassie shop. AS I have said before I hope DEI keeps going strong I guess we’ll see as time goes on.
The money JR brings? Do the teams even get any money from t-shirt sales or do they just get sponsorship money? I don’t see why you think the money will be less without JR, they are still recieving money from all their sponsors.
Yes most teams do get a cut of the suvioner sales. more than likely some of the secondary sponsers will leave once JR does and finding replacements that will give the same amount of $ will depend on the popularity if the new driver. I will be very supprised if Budweiser staws on if Kyle is the driver, he does not really have the driving style that they would want. He is very aggressave and at times on the edge (or over) Most (if not all) of the drivers they have sponsered thruogh the years have been the more layed back and in controll type. There are several good sponsers for Kyle out there but will they put up the same amount of $ as Bud is the question? Again I hope it all turns out well for DEI this is just my oppinion.