Dale Earnhardt Jr. says he’s no longer interested in buying his father’s race team should Teresa Earnhardt ever want to sell it.

     Reports this week stated that Teresa Earnhardt might be considering adding an investor or selling Dale Earnhardt Inc. A DEI official denied those reports stating the team was not for sale.

     Dale Earnhardt Jr. tried to get at least majority interest in the team last year before leaving the team to join Hendrick Motorsports. Not anymore.

     ”I don’t mean this in a bad way, but I would not have any interest in purchasing it,’’ Dale Earnhardt Jr. said Thursday night at Chicagoland Speedway.

     He said he wasn’t aware of the reports earlier this week and wonders if she would really sell any part of the team.

     ”I didn’t ever feel like she would be interested in selling the company, and I don’t think that’s in Teresa’s character to give that company up,’’ Dale Earnhardt Jr. said. “”She feels that strongly about it. She felt that strongly about it a couple of years ago. I would be surprised.

     ”But maybe she sees the trend and some of the other things that are happening in the sport with other owners and its changed her mind.’’