You mean to tell me after all that ruckess she caused fighting to control the companies ownership during Dale Junior's contract negotiations, all the talk about preseraving Dale Senior's legacy, now she wants to sell it - Not to any of Dale's kids of course, for whom the business was started for in the first place, but any billionaire who comes along? 

What a load of hypocritical crap!  ARGH!

Absolutely!!  It wasn't like Teresa wasn't warned by every sports writer and fan in the country in that loosing Jr would be a terrible mistake both with his fans and cash flow wise.  It's her bed to either lie in or sell as she wishes.  It was the principle of the whole thing that irked me the most.

Teresa said:

"While we are very disappointed that Dale Jr. has chosen to leave the family business, we remain excited about our company's future. Our aggressive expansion and diversification plans have not changed. This company has continued to thrive since Dale left us in 2001, and it will thrive following today's announcement. Dale and I built this company to be a championship-contender, and those principles still apply."

I assumed the torch to be passed to the heir apparent.  I assumed too much.  That was my fault and I accepted it.  

The whole thing, from the contract negotiations until now, reeks spite.  Teresa deliberately made it impossible for Kelly and Jr. to continue working at DEI and would rather see the "family business" sold off to complete strangers just so his "other" kids couldn't have it.  I could be completely wrong but she put that perception out there and never once did any PR to the contrary.

Mission accomplished, I guess. 

The latest from ESPN.com.......................07-08-08

   Dale Earnhardt, Inc. is not for sale -- right now. DEI president Max Siegel on Tuesday refuted an Internet report that company owner Teresa Earnhardt had commissioned investment banking firm Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. to locate a buyer or financial investment partner. "We have not engaged Bear, Stearns or Goldman Sachs or anyone else," Siegel said. "We are contacted all the time by outside firms about getting involved in the sport. We are not for sale right now. Nothing is imminent. Are we constantly weighing that as an option? Does that make sense? Quite frankly, we don't know," Siegel said. "Every team is looking for a way to bring in appropriate resources. Every single one. We haven't engaged anybody. People obviously approach us -- they're approaching everybody. We're looking to be around for a long time in future. We're feeling pretty damn good about where we're going, competition-wise." Siegel was forced to approach his driving corps with assurance that the team is currently not for sale. "I have assured them it's not true," Siegel said.(ESPN.com)(7-8-2008)