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May 28, 2009
Tony Eury Jr. out as Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s crew chief
It was announced today, that Tony Eury Jr. will not be Jr.'s crew chief anymore. Brian Whitesell will be in for this weekend at Dover and then Lance McGrew will take over next week while they look for a replacement.
Honestly, I thought it was a bad move for Jr. to take Eury Jr. with him, he needed a clean break, which this season has shown. Not that Eury Jr. is a bad crew chief, not that at all, it's just it hasn't worked well with them for quite a while, even before Jr. made the move to Hendrick.
There had been a lot of talk as to when this might happen and I guess this last weekend was just the nail in the coffin that told them the move had to be made now. I'm actually surprised it took this long, but I wish them all well.
Your thoughts?
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Snicker Snicker Snicker....sorry Kat Had to
Posted by: Fan #5 | May 28, 2009 2:17:01 PM
CAN YOU SAY PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!
It is about time Rick Handrick made a move over at the #88 team. Of course, it wasn't the move many of the haters of Dale Earnhardt Jr. would say needed to be done, but it was the right thing.
Tony Eury Jr. is not and never will be a top tier crew chief in the CUP series. The two Jr.'s had success to a degree at DEI, but not at all over at FMS, so Mr. Hendrick made the only logical call and replaced Eury Jr.
Only time will tell if the #88 team can have immediate success under Brian Whitesell and Lance McGrew, but I can say that I don't believe it can get worse.
Posted by: Jon | May 28, 2009 2:17:23 PM
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