NASCAR Tickets - Eury Under Fire

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. hasn't had the blowout racing season he's hoped for so far this year, but is his crew chief (and cousin) Tony Eury, Jr. to blame for his mediocrity on the track? While much of the NASCAR realm is ready to dismiss Eury from the pit after Earnhardt's tediously slow start on the season (in 35th place for points after the first two Sprint Cup races of the year) Earnhardt isn't quite ready to give up on Eury yet, and neither is Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick. The future of Tony Eury, Jr. is questionable as his experience with motorsports is slowly being surpassed by the engineers who are now taking over as NASCAR crew chiefs, but it seems as if, even for just right now, Eury's job is safe.

Rick Hendrick recently addressed the media on the Eury situation, displaying his confidence in Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s cousin and crew chief by saying, "I have no intention of making any changes. I have all intentions of making it better. These guys are working their butts off... and I have to believe in the next few weeks we're going to see some real success out of that crowd. My philosophy is you tweak it and inch forward before you cut it apart and completely rebuild it. I see a lot of effort from everybody on the team."

True, over these last few weeks following a disastrous start to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season the No. 88 National Guard Chevy has done a terrific job of playing catch-up, as Dale Jr. is now ranked 19th in the league after a solid 10th place finish at Las Vegas, an 11th place finish in Atlanta and 14th place finish at Bristol, but are these consistent finishes enough to give the Dale Jr. team the boost of confidence it needs to get back into the pit and keep going? Rick Hendrick sure hopes so, as this struggling Hendrick Motorsports team needs to pound out some better performances even than Earnhardt had last month in Las Vegas if it wants to stay toward the top.

Hendrick is willing to see out this driver-crew chief melee of the Juniors, and this could be in part because of a similar situation that occurred last year between Jeff Gordon and his crew chief Steve Letarte. Gordon's No. 24 Chevy went win-less last season and, as Hendrick recalled, "Everybody was saying, 'You need to replace Stevie and you need to do something because they aren't running [well].' Last year at this time, the No. 88 [Earnhardt] was the best team we had in the complex and they were the ones leading the charge." The Gordon team this year currently sits at number one in series standings, and the hope is for the Earnhardt team to work out the kinks, as well, putting Hendrick Motorsports back on top of the NASCAR circuit.

While Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Tony Eury, Jr. continue working things out, fans with NASCAR tickets will still be able to watch No. 88 go for his first win of the season. Racing tickets are always available online, so make sure you don't miss Dale Jr.'s hopeful comeback!

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