Tony Eury, Sr leaves DEI for JR Motorsports
15 Comments Quote selected text Published June 27th, 2007 in NASCAR News
Tony Eury Sr. has resigned from Dale Earnhardt Inc.’s research and development team and will be named director of competition at JR Motorsports today, the Observer has learned.
Eury was crew chief for Dale Earnhardt Jr. early in the driver’s career.
JR Motorsports is owned by Earnhardt Jr. and run by his sister, Kelley Elledge. It fields a team in the NASCAR Busch Series as well as teams in other developmental series.
Eury is the father of Tony Eury Jr., crew chief for Earnhardt Jr. on the No. 8 Chevrolet at DEI. Earnhardt Jr. will leave that organization at season’s end to drive for Hendrick Motorsports, and has said he would like to continue working with Eury Jr. Eury Sr. has been with DEI since it fielded its first team in 1985. He was crew chief for 21 Busch Series victories for Dale Earnhardt Sr.
good
and the pieces will now start falling into place im sure tony
jr will be next to go with jr…
Tony Jr.’s gonna follow suit, just watch.
This just goes to show you how bad things are behind the scenes at DEI, It had already been reported that Tony Jr. was going with Jr. to Hendricks, Paul Menard will go where ever the Menards sponsership goes next year, It looks like there loosing Budweiser, and even though Bass Pro resigned with them it was only a One year extention. It looks like the $ that theresa spent on Max Seagel was a bad investment, he seems to be killing DEI and it is a shame to see SR’s Dream go down the way it is, I bet he is turning over in his Grave at 200 MPH right now .
I do not think Max Seagel is the reason for the turn over. Teresa started down this road when she stopped shareing windtunnell information with rcr. They have not won a restrictor plate race in a couple years.
Way to go Pops. I’m glad he is moving over to Jr.’s operation and we all know jr trusts Tony Sr.
Way to go. Good move.
Smart move Tony Jr. D.E.I. is on a down fall
I TOLD YOU SO____THE PUZZLE WILL NOW COME TOGETHER !!!
Blood is thicker than water and smarter than Teresa.
Will the last one to leave DEI please turn out the lites.
As Junior said to his wicked stepmother:Can you hear me now?
Jr. should be able to buy DEI pretty cheap after, say, 2008 or 2009…….
But I bet she makes it publicly owned before she sells it to him. What a hateful
bitch. I won’t buy stock in it!
It really saddens me to see Dale’s dream going down the drain. I just
hope Jr can buy it and bring it back to some kind of status in a
couple years.
Good job Tony. Blood’s more important than money.
I am surprized at the negative comments toward Teresa and DEI. If the fans of SR and Jr will take a look at who built DEI, it was Sr and Teresa.
Not knowing the facts behind the scene of DEI, it’s hard to say why Teresa isnt selling. If were me, I wouldnt sell a company my husband and I had built together after his death. It was their dream an they built ti together. Dale Jr came along and raced for his father.
Yes, It was, im sure to be his, DEI, after his father had retired years later, not now…………
Think about it, would you sell a company for no reason. I dont think so.
Like DW said, time for Jr to leave. I love Jr, but I think he is being pushed by his mother on this company thing.
On the flip side. Hendrick may have good stuff, and I surely hope Jr can put a good run together, without Tony Jr, and win his Championship.
I may be wrong, but I think Jr’s crew chief and pit crew choke his driving and lose races…..