Jr's Contract not a Shoe In

Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, sister, business manager and chief negotiator for Dale Earnhardt Jr, isn't yet convinced a contract extension with the company their father founded is on the horizon for NASCAR's biggest star.

It's not that talks are going badly. But many variables exist -- and time is precious.

"I don't know if we'll get there," Elledge said of an extension. "It's hard. When you start talking about the piece of ownership for Dale in [Dale Earnhardt, Inc.], that's part of my business, too. That's part of [half-brother] Kerry's business. That's part of [half-sister] Taylor's business.
"There's a whole lot of dynamics that play into it all."

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