DALE JR.

[Born2Hunt]

Will 2006 be his year or will he just be a backmarker again?

[chigger1]

I sure hope he will be on his game in 06. With Tony Jr back at the end of 05 he started to do better so hopefuly 06 might be a championship year.

[Chrud]

DEI learned that no matter if they get along or not, Dale Jr and Tony Jr won't be successful without each other. He'll make the Chase next year, but not sure if he'll win the Championship.

[deerslayer06]

i believe junior fans will be dissapointed yet again when junior doesnt fit into the chase next year. DEI isnt close to its full potential, and everyone knows it. And until that happens, Junior is just another "non-chaser"

[MUDRUNNER]

I'm with Chrud.I think JR. will win some races and make the chase,but I'm not sure about a championship.It should be a complete turnaround for the #8 team having Tony Jr. back on their pit box.

[Born2Hunt]

I hope the 8 team comes back and kicks some Roush butt! LOL!

[LETMGROW]

Might help if he spent as much time in the shop as he did making commercials!

[spyderpancake]

Oh yeah, he will definitely be much better than last year. I don't predict a championship, although that isn't out of the question. I think some friendly competition with Truex will help out too.

[IowaDeerHunter]

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Oh yeah, he will definitely be much better than last year. I don't predict a championship, although that isn't out of the question. I think some friendly competition with Truex will help out too.

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Hey spyder, great to see you back in here again! I think he will do much better. Def. a step up from last year.

[AdvantageTimberLou]

I think he will be in the Chase this year and doing much better than last year. Time will tell though and whether him and Eury still have that magic chemistry to make it work!

[RTF]

I dont think MARTIN TUREX JR will do any better then Carl did in 05.

[JimT]

I think Jr. will have a better season {it could not get much worse than this year} and will probably make the chase. Hard to tell right now how things will go with any team.

[Chrud]

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Might help if he spent as much time in the shop as he did making commercials!

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Think it is his choice to do the commercials? If your sponsor is giving you as much money as Budweiser is giving Junior, you'd do as they ask too.

Truex will be the ROY and will be 11-15th in the standings.

One thing I'd really like to see this year is Junior drive a Bud Select car. Have it be a chrome base with a red-to-black fade "E-Stripe". Run at Pepsi 400 at Daytona. That would look AWESOME under the lights!

[bexar_county89]

He'll do better, this year was just not working out for him but i'm willing to bet that with Eury backing him again, he should do just fine!
And i think chrud's got it right, just cuz all the sponsers wanna use him as a their personal poster boy....

[BowtechTurkeyHunter]

He doesnt have the drive his dad did ... until he gets that drive he will always be where he is right now ... hes still riding his dads coat tails ... its a shame casue he isnt that bad of a driver.