While everyone else worries about Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s future with his late father's team, he insists the present is the biggest concern.
''The Bud team has really been great this year, but people who haven't been paying much attention may not have recognized it because we've had a lot of bad luck and haven't had the finishes this entire team deserves,'' Earnhardt said.
If contract negotiations between Dale Earnhardt Jr. and DEI have resulted in a tentative agreement to give Junior a majority interest in the company, he's not telling.
