Eury Jr. leaving DEI early....

[HOF#13]

From jayski's HSOforum....

Eury Jr. to leave DEI after Talladega: Tony Eury Jr. will leave Dale Earnhardt Inc. for Hendrick Motorsports earlier than expected, team officials confirmed on Thursday. Eury, who has been Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s car or crew chief for all but one season since the two broke into the Nextel Cup Series in 2000, will step down after the Oct. 7 race at Talladega Superspeedway. He will be allowed to take four members of Earnhardt's #8 team with him under a deal made by DEI when it agreed to free him contractually to join Earnhardt at HMS in 2008. DEI vice president John Story said he met with Eury's crew this week and only one person has mentioned leaving thus far. Eury and Earnhardt could work together for HMS as early as the Car of Tomorrow test at Atlanta Motor Speedway following the Oct. 28 race. Tony Gibson, who replaced Eury during Eury's six-race suspension earlier this year, will complete the season with Earnhardt Jr. Mark Martin will step into Earnhardt's #8 next year, bringing crew chief Ryan Pemberton and his entire crew with him from the #01 team. Gibson is a candidate to move to the #01 car that will be driven by Regan Smith. "Tony Gibson needs an opportunity to get his team together,'' said Max Siegel, the president of global operations at DEI.

[harvey lee]

Looks like Theresa has the ball rolling for DEI for the #8 car.

[HOF#13]

No kidding....That's ok though, it can only help for next season that Eury Jr. is getting an early jump on things over at Hendrick.

I thought it was interesting to see that as part of his agreement to leave DEI, he can take up to 4 members of the #8 team with him. I wonder who that will be? It would be really funny if he talked Tony Gibson into going with him since it looks like Teresa has him tabbed for the Crew Chief job on the #01 car next year.