05-03-2008, 11:13 AM
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Political Mastermind
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. turns down offer to race against Danica Patrick in Texas IRL race
dale jr. is a pussy... 
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. had a $100,000 offer from Texas Motor Speedway boss Eddie Gossage to drive in next month's Indy Racing League race in the Lonestar State.
Wisely, Junior said no.
"He thinks I’m a cheap date, I guess," Earnhardt told The Associated Press.
Gossage’s offer was spurred by IRL star Danica Patrick, who appeared on Earnhardt’s satellite radio show this week and told Earnhardt that if he ever wanted to swap rides and run an IRL event, the open-wheel series’ visit to Texas would be the ideal spot for it.
Gossage agreed, and offered the wildly popular Sprint Cup Series star money to take Patrick up on it and run the June 7 event at Texas. He said he would either give Earnhardt the cash, or donate it to the driver’s favorite charity.
"He thinks I’m a cheap date, I guess," said Earnhardt, who will be at Pocono Raceway the day of the Texas race. "I wouldn’t be able to do it. My conscience wouldn’t let me. If they offered me more money, my conscience wouldn’t let me feel comfortable with doing it."
Earnhardt is curious about what it would be like to drive an open-wheel car.
"If I was there testing my car and somebody had their car there, I’d like to jump in it and run a couple of laps, but that would be the extent of the adventure," he said.
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