Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
Well I guess Dale finally knows what it is like to drive in a more competitive car. Not that his DEI cars weren’t ever competitive, they just haven’t been lately.
You know, I just realized that there is a slight Canadian connection to this Earnhardt and Hendrick merger. Together the first letters of their last names form EH, a popular Canadian saying. Whoa, I could take this further and include Tony Eury in this as well, then we would have Eeh, which is a more drawn out version of the old Canadian stand-by.
Anyway, I heard the test went well and everybody is happy, and patting themselves on their backs, but let me tell you they better not start celebrating too much as they are going to have a lot of pressure to perform right out of the box this year and for some fans anything less than a Championship will be a failure for next season. I hope they all hold up under the pressure they are going to be under.
Dale was quoted as saying that he didn’t like the move from DEI because of all the bad press he got, and hopes that he never does have to leave Hendrick Motorsports until he retires. Ouch for DEI.
Here are some testing pictures in the #5 throwback car. This happens to be the original paint that Rick ran on his very first car entry at a NASCAR Cup race.
Photo Credits : Team Picture - Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR, Dale with car - Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR, Dale with Helmet - Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR. Car on Track - Getty Images from Motorsports.com
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