While at SEMA a few friends from Planet Paint steered me to an unveiling that did not receive much coverage but was plenty cool. If you love visiting, watching or buying at the Barrett-Jackson auction and if you were a fan of the great Dale Earnhardt Sr. boy do you have a treat in store.

Richard Childress was on hand to announce that his company, Richard Childress Racing, would be building a limited number of 1969 Camaro’s with black-and-silver paint schemes dubbed Series 3. The first one out of the shop will be powered by one of Ironhead’s actual championship engines and auctioned off to some wealthy collector of Earnhardt memorabilia at the big 2008 Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale.
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Wow…spend a couple of weeks away from the news feeds and look what happens! DEI Inc no longer has a DE driving for them!
That’s right, Dale Earnhardt Jr has announced that he will be leaving the company his Pappa founded, which is currently run by his evil step monster.

After watching the very carefully worded press conference, I have a prediction to make. Junior will move to RCR for a couple of seasons, while watching Theresa piss away Dale’s company. Then, just before the bank forecloses on the company, Junior will swoop in to regain control of what is rightfully his. Come visit in 2 years to see if I’m right!

press conference video after the break
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