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Chip Ganassi Racing and Dale Earnhardt Inc. will merge operations beginning with the 2009 Sprint Cup season, the teams announced in a news release Wednesday.

After guiding Dale Earnhardt Jr to his most successful NASCAR Nextel Cup season to date, Tony Eury Sr has stepped down from the role of crew chief of the #8 Budweiser sponsored DEI Chevrolet.

Dale Earnhardt Incorporated teammates Dale Earnhardt Jr and Jason Keller both had their Bud Pole qualifying times disallowed at the Talladega Superspeedway after NASCAR officials found illegalities with the height of the rear quarter panels of their Chevrolet Monte Carlo's.

John Andretti will drive the #1 Pennzoil sponsored Chevrolet owned by Dale Earnhardt Incorporated in the majority of the final eleven races of the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup season starting with next Saturday's Chevy Rock 'n Roll 400 at the Richmond International Raceway.