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Kelley Earnhardt Miller is the CEO of JR Motorsports, the Xfinity Series team owned by her brother Dale Earnhart Jr. She was named in September. The team wants to move to the NASCAR's top level, but it's expensive. The cost of a Cup charter is estimated between $20 million and $30 million. It's not easy being Junior. He lost his father, Dale Jr., in a tragic accident. His brother, Kelley, has been with him since they were teenagers. They watched TV together, marched together at military school and had a conflict with their stepmother.
Earnhardt Miller and Earnhardt Jr. want to move up to the top level of NASCAR in 2024. Rick Hendrick, who is part owner of JRM, endorses the idea. The earliest would be in the year of the 50th birthday of Earnhart. Earnharts Sr. died in 2001. Teresa and Dale Jr.'s relationship deteriorated after the death. The children moved in with their father after their mother's house burned. Dale Sr.' and Teresa's marriage fell apart. In 2008, Dale Junior left DEI to drive for Hendick Motorsports. He is the son of Dale Earnhardt Sr., one of racing's all-time greats.
