Earnhardt Jr. move down to three teams

UPDATE Many drivers seem convinced that Dale Earnhardt Jr. will accept an offer to drive for Bobby Ginn Racing, even though Ginn, a Florida real- estate developer, is new to the sport, with less than a year on the circuit. Ginn has been spending lavishly to turn the Jay Frye-run Chevy team into a top-flight operation. Driver Mark Martin led the Nextel Cup standings early this season and even after missing three of the year’s 12 races he’s still 15th in the points. Martin may return to the Nextel Cup tour full-time in 2008, according to sources. But Martin’s teammate #14-Sterling Marlin is planning to cut back to a partial schedule, and Ginn said that would open the 14 car and its top-35 exemption for Earnhardt. Winston Salem Journal

05/25/07 Dale Earnhardt Jr. appears all but certain to be headed to one of three Chevrolet teams next season – Joe Gibbs Racing, Richard Childress Racing or Ginn Racing – according to comments made by his sister, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, on XM Satellite Radio's "Dialed In" show.

In an interview broadcast Wednesday evening with XM's host, Claire B. Lang, Elledge, who serves as president of Earnhardt Jr.'s JR Motorsports, said "anybody can read through the lines" to see there are three choices for Earnhardt Jr.

"When we say we want to be with the top competitive Chevrolet organization anybody can read through the lines there and know there’s only three that really you can fit in that category, so if that’s our No. 1 directive, that’s what we want to do," Elledge said during the show broadcast live from JR Motorsports.

Asked if she honestly felt there was no room at Hendrick Motorsports right now, Elledge replied: “Yeah, I mean, they have drivers and sponsors under contract until 2008 so I don’t see any situations that would work there.

"You know, that would be an awesome place to be because they’re at the top of their game right now." She continued, “But you know in this sport you never know who is going to be on top of their game. Gibbs is right behind him Richard (Childress) is right behind him. Richard has stepped up his program in the last several years, Ginn Racing has stepped up their program with Bobby coming on board there and getting involved with that team." ThatsRacin.com