Doug Demmons posted an interesting story on his Al.com Blog of Tomorrow page earlier today in regards to Tony Eury, Jr's future as crew chief for Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Citing Captain Thunder's Racing Blog, Demmons wrote that during the week of Easter talks began between Rick Hendrick, Tony Eury, Jr and Alan Gustafson over swapping crew chief duties between the 5 and 88. According to sources, Captain Thunder was told that Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt, Jr were on board with the move as well. Talks ended with the agreement that if things did not improve between the two teams within 3 weeks that a swap was imminent by the All-Star break.
Captain Thunder went on to say that Saturday night's dominating performance by the 5 team could remove Gustafson from the mix and put car chiefs Ron Malec of the 48 or Jason Burdett of the 24 at the top of the list to replace Eury, Jr over at the 88.
With the All-Star Race as a back drop, it will be interesting to see how this unfolds at Hendrick Motorsports.
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This is a smoke screen or a trial ballon. No way Gustafson or Mark Martin allows this move now. Martin is on a roll. Jr. and Tony are together for a while.
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