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24
That Deadbeat Teresa Earnhardt
January 24, 2007 | Posted by VroomDude
As if the mini-feud between Teresa and Junior needed any more fuel, Kevin Harvick had to shoot off his big mouth and fan the flames even more:
“It’s hard when you have what I call a deadbeat owner that doesn’t come to the racetrack,'’ Harvick told reporters during a stop at Richard Childress Racing.
“You always see Richard Childress. You always see Chip Ganassi. All these owners, they all come to the racetrack. It’s not just a money pit that somebody says, ‘Well, I can make money off of Dale Jr. I can make money off of Dale Earnhardt.”
Earnhardt, who is in the final year of his contract at DEI and currently participating in tense negotiations for a new deal, squirmed on the podium as he was asked to respond.
“You’re killing me,'’ Junior grumbled. “That’s ridiculous. I don’t think there is a comment for that remark.'’
Junior did go on to defend Teresa more strongly, pointing out (correctly) that she’s had to deal with a ton of crap in the last five years.
That’s not to say that some other owners haven’t dealt with a ton of crap and still managed to make it to the racetrack (Hendricks Motorsports, for one), but they weren’t suddenly forced to the forefront like Teresa Earnhardt was, either.
Give her some credit for not simply cashing out and exiting stage left like many people would have done.