"The Great 8# Summit!"

 

It's been a rough couple of weeks for D.E.I....so the driver of the 8# car invited his "Brew Crew" (team) and the crew from the 15# car (Mikey's team) out to his place Wednesday night, to pass around the olive branch, throw back a couple of Bud's, and do some laps on the go-kart track in his back yard.

Here's what Dale Jr. had to say:

"It's been a rough week. But we're all going to do what we can to go to Dover and win. All of us at DEI want to win so bad, things happen or are said in the heat of the moment. It's the way it always has been. That's family, ya know?
Win or lose, with the focus from the fans and the media on me and on this team, we've had some sort of drama or controversy every other week for five or six years. We all move on and focus on the next race. We've been through much worse situations together, and we've always been able to rebound together and come back strong. I don't expect anything different this time."

Michael and Dale spilled their guts to each other yesterday, so it looks like those two are cool for Dover...at least Junior feels confident about "The Monster Mile!"

"It's a place where we've won, so there's always that confidence there. You always feel good going back to a place you've won. Last year we had to race our guts out for those top-10s, especially the first one. We were two laps down with about 50 to go and ended up finishing third. That was one of the craziest races I'd ever seen. I'm a big fan of the place, enjoy going there, and hopefully we'll have a good car to run. I was really impressed with how good we got our car running Sunday (in the 600). Even when you don't get the finishes you want, just knowing you've got guys with the ability to adjust and make the car really fast is exciting."

Well, it sounds like everything is honky dory...at DEI's "Garage Mahal!"

Now, if Dale Jr. could only start dating... (uh, excuse me...don't you mean Bump Draft)... Danica Patrick?

Mark
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