Dale Earnhardt Inc. and director of competition Steve Hmiel have parted company. Hmiel’s responsibilities have been redistributed throughout the organization and his replacement will be named soon. I have enjoyed a wonderful association with Dale Earnhardt Inc. over the past nine years, said Hmiel. It is time for me to pursue other endeavors and reestablish new goals for myself.(DEI PR)(10-18-2007) UPDATE: Steve Hmiel says it was a difference in opinion that led to his departure from Dale Earnhardt Inc. “Just a difference in philosophy,” Hmiel said of the split Friday at Martinsville Speedway. “It was a job I grew into, so there wasn’t really ever a definition [of the position]. I started out doing one thing, then added things along the way and pretty soon, you find yourself doing a lot of different stuff. But I really enjoyed it. It’s a different world now, a different time. Some of the things I saw chaffed against me, and some of the things I did chaffed against them. So we sat down and talked about it and thought we might ought to just go do this.”(SceneDaily.com)(10-19-2007)
