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Aric Almirola has filed a lawsuit in North Carolina Superior Court alleging that Earnhardt Ganassi Racing and Dale Earnhardt Inc. have breached their contract with him. Almirola, who drove in seven Sprint Cup races this year for the team before his car was parked because of a lack of sponsorship, filed the complaint last Thursday. DEI had announced last year that Almirola would run a full season in 2009, but the organization later merged its Cup operation with Chip Ganassi Racing to form Earnhardt Ganassi Racing. The complaint does not detail the circumstances surrounding the breach-of-contract claim and asks the court to refer the matter to arbitration. Almirola had filed two notices of a claim last month, and he had until Thursday to file the actual complaint. He is dismissing his claim against Chip Ganassi Racing and EGR co-owner Teresa Earnhardt but proceeding in the one against EGR and DEI. The team had no comment.
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sounds like Aric has decided the pro-driver thing isn't for him.Racers Supporting Racers - for all your Vero Beach area automotive repair needs:
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Not really sure how to interpret that.......Originally posted by Todd McCreary View Post
Aric is a good guy. Not doing bad in the Truck series either.
20th with only 14 starts out of 23 races. 9 top 10's and 6 top 5's.
Maybe it's, he just ain't gonna take being screwed over.Comment
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Not really sure how to interpret that.....
suing the team is no way to induce another team to pick you up. there's still a lot of the good ol' boy way of doing things in NASCAR. while they understand that they have to have lawyers involved in a bunch of this stuff, they really don't care to be dragged into court.
it's like the Jeremy Mayfield deal. Mayfield is done, now he's trying to cash out with a big payday.
Maybe it's, he just ain't gonna take being screwed over.
then he shouldn't have signed with Teresa.
what, he thought he was going to get treated better than Junior?Racers Supporting Racers - for all your Vero Beach area automotive repair needs:
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suing the team is no way to induce another team to pick you up. there's still a lot of the good ol' boy way of doing things in NASCAR. while they understand that they have to have lawyers involved in a bunch of this stuff, they really don't care to be dragged into court.
Unfortunately, this seems the only option in forcing arbitration. Prior to it, DEI & EGR would not even acknowledge the issue existed.
it's like the Jeremy Mayfield deal. Mayfield is done, now he's trying to cash out with a big payday
This does not resemble the Mayfield deal at all....
then he shouldn't have signed with Teresa
Now that....is a very good point.Comment
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It seems that Theresa gets all the bad-mouthing, but doesn't anyone remember the name of Bobby Ginn? Talked a big game, bought into all these teams (including DEI & Almirola), and... POOF... disappeared, leaving all kinds of contract litigation in his wake. I recall Sterlig Marlin getting the same screwing, and he sued also. Not saying Ginn is at fault in this one, but there are quite a few shyster-owners out there too.
Aric just got caught in between people trying to bail out, and people who promised the world with no checkbook to pay for it all.Comment
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It seems that Theresa gets all the bad-mouthing, but doesn't anyone remember the name of Bobby Ginn?
a - is Bobby Ginn still in NASCAR?
b - did Bobby Ginn bring that on himself by making decisions that everyone knew were clearly dumb, or was he playing the same game as so many other people and just get caught out when the music stopped?
Teresa is in the process of destroying DEI. the less control she has, the better.Racers Supporting Racers - for all your Vero Beach area automotive repair needs:
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I totally agree. It still amazes me that she let Jr walk. It doesn't matter if he was winning races, he was selling merchandise. Sometimes you have to do what you need to to keep your star QB.Originally posted by Todd McCreary View PostComment
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It still amazes me that she let Jr walk.
she didn't "let him walk". she practically forced him out.
i've never been a Junior fan and even i could see he was getting the raw end of that deal.Racers Supporting Racers - for all your Vero Beach area automotive repair needs:
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"Almirola files lawsuit"
I get it.
I really do.
He was just tired of knowing he'd be remembered as somebody who was given everything due to the color of his ancestor's skin and could do nothing with it.
Now when he is denied a future Sprint Cup, Nationwide, Bandalero or Mini Cup ride, he'll be able to say "It's all because of the lawsuit deal...it has nothing at all to do with my obvious lack of racing talent."
There is always a simple explanation. You just have to look for them sometimes.Comment
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Well, at least it won't be a discrimination lawsuit.Comment
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aric has talent, tell me when he's been able to show it. he was dommed from the start at tei!Comment
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o jones he has talent by the way w
hen was your last start in a cup ride other than the bus ride to the front gate with a paying ticket you always have something to say now we all wait for the real answer please tell all
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Don't you remember?
It was back in oh....78' or 79'...can't remember that far back...you and me started side by side in the 7th row at Bristol. You pulled off because you wet yourself and I got wrecked on the pace lap by some 16 year old whose Daddy bought him a car from Junior Johnson.....don't you remember?
Good times, man......good times.
BTW....his career stats have been posted here many times before for people to decipher for themselves so I think I'll just let his record stand for itself.
Just try and remember, my opinion is just that: my opinion....just like yours is yours.
Pissed off and want to make me look bad?
It's real easy to do.
Just prove me wrong.
Is that the response you were hoping for?Comment
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Originally posted by crobinson76 View Posto jones he has talent by the way when was your last start in a cup ride other than the bus ride to the front gate with a paying ticket you always have something to say now we all wait for the real answer please tell all
PHEW..... that was one long sentence (save the punctuation and caps).
crobinson - please tell more about that talent you speak of, I must have missed that lap.Thank a Police Officer for what they do........... OSF:
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