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Dale Jr., DEI adjusting to crew shakeup.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: John Sturbin
MOORESVILLE, N.C. _ Both crews have been swapped out, and most of the race cars have been repainted and renumbered.
They're still having a little trouble, however, putting happy faces on all of the principals involved in an admittedly risky makeover of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s and Michael Waltrip's NASCAR Nextel Cup Series teams.
Prodded by the upper management of Dale Earnhardt Inc., the family ties that had bound Earnhardt Jr. to uncle/crew chief Tony Eury Sr. and cousin/car chief Tony Eury Jr. were severed shortly after the 2004 season ended in late November.
Despite Junior's six victories and fifth-place points finish in the inaugural Chase for the Nextel Cup championship, the ongoing tension between the third-generation star and Eury Jr. had become too big of a distraction for DEI president/CEO Teresa Earnhardt and Richie Gilmore, DEI's vice president of motorsports, to ignore.
Their advice to Junior: Grow up, fast, and maybe you and the No. 8 Chevrolet can win a championship.
To that end, Junior has been paired with crew chief Pete Rondeau, who finished the 2004 season with Waltrip and his No. 15 Chevy. Eury Jr., a member of Junior's NASCAR Busch Series and Cup teams since 1997, has been promoted to crew chief and now is working with Waltrip.
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