GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     WELL FOLKS A LOT IS BEING TALKED ABOUT AND WRITTEN ABOUT PAUL MENARD LEAVING DEI AND THE DEATH OF THAT RACING ORGANIZATION.  WELL MY TAKE ON IT IS THAT MENARD'S DADDY IS JUST LOOKING FOR SOMEPLACE TO BUY HIS KID A NO. 1 DRIVER SPOT ON A RACE TEAM.

      I AGREE THAT DEI SEEMS TO BE IN TROUBLE AND THAT IT APPEARS THAT MRS. EARNHARDT DOES NOT CARE WHAT IS GOING ON.  BUT FOLKS WE MIGHT NEED TO LOOK A LITTLE DEEPER, FROM ALL I HAVE READ AND HEARD SHE ALWAYS LOVED RACING, AND BEING AT THE TRACK WITH DALE, STANDING IN HIS SHADOW AT THE TRACK BUT LEADING HIM THROUGH THE PIT FALLS OF BIG BUSINESS, AND MAYBE JUST MAYBE THAT IS THE PROBLEM.

     DALE IS GONE AND MAYBE SO IS HER DRIVE TO MOVE FORWARD.  MAYBE RIGHT NOW THE BEST SHE CAN DO IS MAINTAIN THE NAME.  BUT SHE AND DEI WILL COME BACK, AT SOME POINT DALE IS GOING TO SPEAK TO HER ONE MORE TIME AND SHE AND THE DEI RACING ORGANIZATION WILL COME BACK TO LIFE.

     FOLKS IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THIS HAPPENS TO EVERYONE, IF A SPECIAL PERSON IS TIED TO SOMETHING THAT YOU LOVE, WHEN THEY ARE NO LONGER THERE, THERE IS S TIME WHEN YOU JUST BACK OFF AND GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS.  BUT MRS. E IS NOT GOING TO LET DEI DIE THUS CASTING ANY TYPE OF SHADOW OVER THE NAME OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND.

     THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

              GUNAQUAT

P.S.  MAMA SUE, CHRIS AND ALL OF SOUTHERN CINDI'S FAMILY ARE DOING WELL ANDMAMA SUE SAID TO SAY HI TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU