Dale Earnhardt Jr. is scheduled to sit down with car owner Teresa Earnhardt next week and Dale Jr. expects he’ll have a contract worked out with DEI. The only reason he says he has yet to sign a contract is that he and Teresa haven’t had time to do so. Dale Jr. says there are no disagreements, it’s just they need about four solid hours to get it done and both are so busy they haven’t had the time, not a minute to do it.Ã Earnhardt Jr. says, “When me and Teresa have our meeting we’ll defiantly have a clear, direct path once we’re finished. Me and her really work well together and when we sit down and we’re hashing out something we always have been able to come to a decision very easily. She’s a classic businesswoman, she does a great job making those decisions and telling you and showing you certain reasons for this and certain reasons for that, and she’s very compromising too. I don’t have any doubt in my mind that I’ll be able to walk out of there very satisfied with my end of the deal.”( PRN’s Garage Pass Radio Show /Lee Spencer of FoxSports)(9-12-2003) UPDATE: Dale Earnhardt Jr. says he expects to meet with Teresa Earnhardt, his stepmother and the president of Dale Earnhardt Inc., this week to complete his contract. Junior, second in points to Matt Kenseth, says he never expected the negotiations to cause such a stir. “I want to get this out of the way because I feel responsible for the distraction,” Junior says. “This should restore confidence to the team.” Earnhardt says he is disappointed that people would question his commitment to the company his late father founded and says Teresa is “a classic businesswoman.” Junior says completing the contract is simply a matter of the two finding four hours together to iron out the details.( FoxSports/Sporting News )(9-15-2003)
