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DEI Still Talking to Budweiser; Working on Fourth Team:

Max Siegel, president of worldwide operations for Dale Earnhardt, Inc., said Saturday that the team is still talking with Budweiser, still hoping to add a fourth Nextel Cup car in 2008 and is still looking for a replacement for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in the #8 next year. We still have our existing commercial relationship with Bud, talking about what’s best with everybody, still engaged in conversations with potential drivers, Siegel said Saturday at New Hampshire. Hopefully in the next four weeks we’ll get something wrapped up here. Of the team’s car count next year, that’s still up in the air, too. We have a couple of unique situations that could give us a fourth (car in 2008), Siegel said. Realistically, by ’09, definitely we’ll be a four-car team.(SPEEDtv.com)(7-1-2007)