Here it is folks. The team that will represent Dale Earnhardt, Inc. in the post-Dale Earnhardt, Jr. era beginning in 2008.

There will be a three-car team at DEI next year and it will look a lot different than the 2007 edition.

Martin Truex, Jr. will be back and inherit the senior member role of the team. Truex, Jr. will drive the No. 1 car and based on his start to the 2007 season, has a chance to continue his steady climb up the NEXTEL Cup ladder.

Easing his way into the No. 8 seat vacated by Junior will be none other than Greg Biffle, who flatly denied any interest to leave Roush and/or join DEI when Junior first made his free agent announcement. But as always, things are very fluid in the NEXTEL Cup garage area and Biffle is none too pleased with the "direction" of Roush Fenway these days, referring to his car last week at Charlotte as "the usual junk" on a national radio program earlier this week.

Biffle's former crew chief Pat Tryson will team up again with the former Busch and NCT champ at DEI in a move that will allow Roush to get down to the four car team mandate by NASCAR and give DEI a proven commodity.

The final member of the trio in the DEI No. 15 will be - Dan Wheldon. Paul Menard and his father's money will be high-tailing it to Robby Gordon Motorsports after this season, reuniting the Menard sponsorship with Gordon and giving Robby a long-necessary teammate.

Last weekend in Indianapolis, Wheldon's name was on the lips of most everyone as the next open wheel star to continue the exodus from IndyCars to NASCAR. The outspoken Brit has made no secret of his desire to work on a bigger stage and a move to stock cars is something he's looking at very deeply.

There wil be a learning curve to be sure, but in the long run Wheldon should prove to be a find for the stock car set.

So there you have it - DEI 2008.

Teresa and Max - no charge.