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dei: a different take

this time i am not linking to some story. and i know that i don't talk about nascar that much. i wanted to get some chit off my chest in regards to the dale Earnhardt Jr and the ownership of his father's company. now i say this, i know very little about the whole situation. i am assuming that dale Sr did not have a 'will' or something like it that expressed how he wanted his company divided. i am also assuming that since dale Sr did not have a will, this is the reason his wife (dale Jr and sister's step mom) inherited the company.

what is the right thing to do? would you share it? i just lost a parent myself. i was wondering if i would be so giving with millions of dollars that i got.

from a clear mind, i feel that his company should be split between dale sr's wife, and both children. but that is easy for me to say standing from the outside. i would like to think that i would do the same. i don't know. i know that i would definitely split that with my other brother (like dale jr's sister) but i don't know how i would be with my stepmother. with that said it kind of lends some small merit to the stepmother in this case just because of the bad blood. that doesn't make it right though. when everything is all said and done, i would probably split everything with the appropriate people, my brother, my stepmother, and myself. that's because i believe them all to be good people. whether i like them or not.

from an emotional mind, i would say screw her and take care of blood. i bet that's what my pops would want. he would look to the oldest to take care of the right people and that means making some seriously tough decisions.

but dale jr doesn't have that choice. that's why he is leaving. and it is a shame. i just can't believe that family (even a stepmother) wouldn't see that her husband's children deserve a part in something that bears their name by blood and not by marriage.

this is just a situation where the stepmother just didn't do the right thing. i am sorry if you don't agree but what do you think a father was thinking when he started the company: "i started this so my wife can get money without my children" or " i started this so that my 'entire' family would have something for the future."

this guy chooses the latter.

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