[johnnyt]

he is a good driver, is he is good as his dad? no, but no one should compare him to dale. well his last couple of years at DEI were bad not because of him but more because of the organization. i think they got comfortable and didnt try to stay ahead of everyone where they clearly had an advantage. the rest of the teams caught up with them, then past them and they never could get it back.

now at hendrick it is a different story (though rick did say that his team is no longer the top organization in nascar as far as performance). the problem with dale now is that he cant drive the COT. he has been unable to adapt to the aerodynamic properties of the COT and as you see he is struggling. if you look as most of the racers that are doing well in nascar (johnson, bush, stewart and several others) they all have 1 thing in common. they race just about anything; open wheel, outlaws whatever. earnhardt is too specialized with his driving style to really compete today. he is use to the old nascar bodies and because of his singular training in that, is having a hard time to adapt and over come.