If he's not winning, it's going to be my fault," Hendrick said the day his five-year agreement with Earnhardt was announced. "If he's winning, it's going to be because of his talent. If he's not, it's going to be because of not giving him good stuff.
"That's the way a lot of fans look at it. So that pressure is there. That's the competitive side of me that I want to deliver what we said we could deliver and what he's expecting."
Now that his future, which won't include Budweiser as his sponsor and likely won't be in a car carrying his trademark No. 8, is set, the immediate challenge is to stay loyal to DEI and concentrate on the task at hand. It's not always easy.
"It means something personally to me to continue to run good the rest of this year," Earnhardt said. "But you look around and see the Hendrick bunch and your mind wonders what it is going to be like working with those guys, getting to know those guys.
"It's just a good feeling knowing there are a lot of great things around the corner."
Terms of Earnhardt's deal were not released. According to Sports Illustrated, his current contract is worth $7.1 million in salary and winnings. Even with the loss of Budweiser, recent marketing deals with Sony and Adidas should move him well past his current $20 million in endorsements.
And predicted Dale Earnhardt will make as much as $40 million next year
WOW!!!
Credit: Indystar.com
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