As the most-popular driver in NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is concerned with the amount of attention -- and blame -- his team gets every weekend.

When he doesn't win, crew chief Tony Eury Jr. often is the brunt of the criticism.

"The fans are real hard on Tony Jr.," Earnhardt said. "... He doesn't get to come in here and get the chance of having that question asked so he can answer it."

Earnhardt and Eury are known to have a fiery relationship during the race, but they are best friends off the track. Earnhardt left his family's team for Hendrick Motorsports this year. Eury was included in the package.

With the move, however, comes additional pressure.

"It's definitely magnified more so now, either due to the press we've gained from making our change and whatnot and how much everybody has focused in on what we're doing and how we're doing," Earnhardt said. "Even though there are bigger stories throughout the year, people do keep an eye on us.

"Tony Jr. has got pretty thick skin. I feel bad for him because, like you say, he's up there on top of that box and he's got to make the call and he knows either way that he's going to have some people that are going to be critical of his choice."

RADIO WARS: Motor Racing Network and Performance Rac-ing Network are suing one another to see which company has the broadcasting rights for the New Hampshire International Speedway.

MRN, a subsidiary of Interna-tional Speedway Corp., had the rights when it was owned by Bob Bahre . He sold the track last year to Speedway Motorsports Inc., which owns PRN.

According to court papers, MRN said it has a three-year contract with the track. SMI chairman Bruton Smith said MRN didn't exercise its intent in time to broadcast races at New Hampshire this year.

OBITUARY: In Huntersville, N.C., Brienne Davis , one of NASCAR's few full-time female inspectors, was killed in a car accident Tues-day night. She was 28.

Davis joined NASCAR in 2004 and traveled every weekend to races to inspect carburetors and manifolds.

She was scheduled to work this weekend at Phoenix International Raceway.

A Louisiana native, Davis relocated to North Carolina in 2002 to work as an engine builder for Dale Earnhardt Inc.