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• Racing
2007 Nov-30
Earnhardt wins most popular awardBy Tony Fabrizio
Earnhardt was included because he had just been presented with the Most Popular Driver award at the National Motorsports Press Association’s Myers Brothers Awards Luncheon, a postseason staple during which numerous awards are given. Wearing a light gray suit, Earnhardt said that in winning the most popular driver award for the fifth consecutive year, he’s making up for all the times his father didn’t win the award. He also said his cousin/crew chief Tony Eury Jr. seems stressed out in his new job at Hendrick Motorsports. Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s only most popular driver award came in 2001, after he was killed in the season-opening Daytona 500. Bill Elliott, a contemporary of the elder Earnhardt, won the award (voted on by fans) 16 times before withdrawing his name from the ballot in 2002.
“Bill was a great driver and won the Most Valuable Driver award several times,” Dale Jr. said. “But we always felt as Earnhardts that their voting was spiked, so to speak. So we’re getting some revenge.”
Eury moved to Hendrick a couple of months earlier, and Earnhardt said his cousin already is feeling the pressure of living up to the standards of a team that finished first and second in the points with Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon. “Tony Jr. talks of 7 o’clock meetings every day,” Earnhardt said. “He seems really stressed to me. But his mentality is positive and focused.” Earnhardt said Gordon advised him after the season to be prepared for a work ethic that “might be a little more intense than I was accustomed to as a driver.” For the crew chief, Earnhardt said, “it’s possibly the same.” Bookmarkz |
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