Will Teresa Earnhardt Win the Sprint Cup Series Championship by Default?

Teresa Earnhardt has always been acknowledged as a smart businesswoman, taking the name Dale Earnhardt and putting it anywhere and everywhere, making her husband not only a great racecar driver, but also a great merchandise seller. But her latest business decision may have her end up as a Sprint Cup Series champion team owner. When Teresa let stepson Dale Earnhardt Jr. walk out the door at the end of 2007, many equated it to the Boston Red Sox letting Babe Ruth go to the New York Yankees. Dale Earnhardt Incorporated (DEI) was pronounced dead by others and Tony Stewart said that it would quickly become a museum. For much of 2008, it certainly seemed that way. As a company (across all four of their cars) they only managed 27 top tens and had ...

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