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CHANGE is NEEDED!

Dale Earnhardt Jr doesn’t have much to show for this season except a second place finish at Talladega and top 10 runs at Las Vegas (10th) and Martinsville (8th).

In 5 out of the last 6 races Dale Earnhardt Jr has an average finish of only 28.6 (not including the second place finish at Talladega).

So again those are finishes of 20th (Texas), 31st (Phoenix), 27th (Richmond), 27th (Darlington), 38th (Charlotte).

Not very impressive are they??

I’m sure that sponsors National Guard and AMP Energy are not very happy with any of these results. And of course, I believe that Rick Hendrick and Dale Earnhardt Jr are not either.

There were rumors before Mark Martin won at Phoenix that they would swap the crews of the #88 and #5, but once Martin won not only at Phoenix and Darlington, those rumors were crushed and denied.

So the BIG question is what will happen this week.

A shakeup needs to happen NOW for this #88 team. Who can/will fill the role of crew chief for Dale Earnhardt Jr because that is where/what they need to change first.

Now don’t get me wrong. Tony Eury Jr is a successful crew chief and a hard worker. And he knows how to work on these race cars. And that’s exactly what he needs to do.

Eury Jr has only won two races with Dale Earnhardt Jr since taking that spot from his father Tony Eury Sr in 2005 (Richmond (2006) and Michigan (2008).

15 of Dale Jr’s 18 career wins have come with Eury Sr over a 5 year span.

Is Eury Sr the answer?… I don’t know and I wish I did know. Because as a Dale Jr fan, it sucks to watch the races. Its no fun anymore.

Dale Jr carries a lot of the sport. They have to change this week or the story at the end of the year will be about how NASCAR hit its peak and is falling off the charts.

Dale Earnhardt Jr has a chance to lift NASCAR out of its economic downturn, but only if he wins races and contends for championships.