![]() ![]() “Teresa has been tremendously loyal to Chevrolet for a lot of years. “The only proposal we have right now for a manufacturer next year is from Chevrolet,” Story said. Yates, a Ford flagship team for nearly two decades, would move to Chevrolet or DEI, whose founder, Dale Earnhardt, won seven championships in Chevrolets, would move to Ford. If DEI were to acquire Yates, one of the two teams would have to forsake its manufacturer. Story said DEI has been in discussions with Robert Yates Racing for four-to-six weeks about a partnership, but cautioned that those talks are preliminary and that no documentation has been exchanged between the teams. UPDATE 3: Dale Earnhardt, Inc., will move to four Nextel Cup Series teams by 2009, be it through the acquisition of another team or the addition of a fourth team in-house, team executive John Story said Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway. We want to see the Ford number of teams remain at least at its current level for the benefit of the engine business and for the competitive benefit for Ford Motor Co.”( )(4-30-2007) ![]() “We have a joint engine business that’s affected by the number of customers that we have. “We’re aware that he’s marketing his teams,” Smith said of Robert Yates prior to Sunday’s Talladega race. discussing a potential merger, how would that affect Yates-Roush Engines, which makes the motors that power all of the Ford NASCAR Nextel Cup teams? RYR co-owner Doug Yates was adamant that his team will not switch to Chevrolet power no matter what, and Roush Fenway Racing President Geoff Smith said he hopes any deal will build up the Ford NASCAR Nextel Cup effort. UPDATE 2: With Robert Yates Racing and Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Story said that talks with Yates could continue even if DEI remains with Chevrolet.(in part from )(4-29-2007) The Chevrolet deal is not contingent on Earnhardt Jr. What would be more startling would be the potential move to Ford or another manufacturer considering Chevrolet’s long relationship with team founder Dale Earnhardt. That means getting the finances and the technological support it needs from a manufacturer and working toward fielding a fourth team by 2008 or 2009, said Story, who oversees sales, marketing and communications activities at DEI. While the company also is in the midst of contract negotiations with NASCAR’s most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., DEI is working toward trying to solidify its future. has had preliminary discussions with Robert Yates Racing about a partnership, as well as Ford Motor Company and another manufacturer, DEI executive team member John Story confirmed Sunday morning. UPDATE: In attempts to strengthen its teams and expand to four cars, Dale Earnhardt Inc. It was also reported that the teams would end up being in the Chevy camp.(4-29-2007) DEI to buy RYR? UPDATE 4: It was reported on SPEED’s NASCAR Raceday that Dale Earnhardt Inc (DEI) is interested in buying Robert Yates Racing (RYR) and RYR is interested in joining forces with DEI. ![]() The Daily also reports that ABC earned a 2.1/5 for Saturday’s Aaron’s 312 Busch Series race at Talladega, making it the fifth-rated weekend sports program behind the Cup race, two NBA playoff games on ABC and the New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball game on Fox.( ), for more on TV Ratings, see my 2007 TV Ratings page.(4-30-2007) But the 2005 race on Fox earned a 6.1/14 overnight, and the 2004 race garnered overnight figures of 5.9/13. Rain forced last year’s spring race at Talladega to be run on a Monday, when it was carried on Fox’s FX cable station, so direct comparisons aren’t possible. The SportsBusiness Daily reports that Sunday’s race earned a 5.1 overnight rating and a 12 market share. Talladega Overnight TV Ratings down: Fox’s broadcast of Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 Nextel Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway earned the highest Nielsen Media Research overnight ratings of any weekend sports event but significantly trailed the figures of the most recent spring Sunday races there.
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