Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog

Jenna Fryer wrote an article yesterday about the media visit this week (Wednesday) to DEI and noticed that there is virtually no trace of the fact that Dale Earnhardt Jr was ever a driver there. No trace of his 17 victories or even his 2 Busch Grand National Championships.

What she reported was also echoed by other reporters who attended the 2 hour media event:

“But as reporters walked through the hallowed halls that the late Dale Earnhardt and widow Teresa built, there was virtually nothing that recalled the time Junior had spent there.
No photos, no banners and virtually nothing in the gift shop.

No indication of his two Busch Series championships, his 17 Cup wins or any other contribution he made to the organization.

It’s almost as if Junior never existed at DEI.” - By Jerry Bonkowski, Yahoo! Sports

My friend, Marc, over at Full Throttle left me a message asking me if I had read the article and what my two cents were regarding it. Yes I had read it, and I’m about to voice my two cents.

I don’t really get it. DEI should be proud of its accomplished past regardless of how it ended. Even Richard Childress has Mike Skinner artifacts on display at RCR, and that didn’t end too well. Heck, Richard even has a #3 car driven by Ricky Rudd on display even though Ricky only drove for RCR one season.

I could understand if they were in the midst of remodeling or something, but there was nothing mentioned in either of the articles to support that. To erase the history of the most successful moments in your company is a disgrace. Pure and simple.

There is an old saying, “Those who do not know history are destined to repeat it,” and if DEI does not celebrate it’s history and remembers where it came from, then how can they move on into the future? They will be destined to make the same mistakes again and never win a (name of current sponsor here) Cup. And you can forget the possibility of Dale Jr ever coming back to race for DEI again.

This is my second post within the last 4 hours, so don’t forget to go and read my previous post.

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