Dale Earnhardt Jr. gives verdict on Kyle Larson – Sports News
NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. has admitted he wasn’t pleased with Kyle Larson. He said he wished to “embarrass” Xfinity drivers following his win at Bristol Motor Speedway final weekend. Hendrick Motorsports famous person Larson almost accomplished a clean sweep of the Truck, Xfinity, and Cup Series races.
Larson completed second within the Truck earlier than profitable the Xfinity and Cup Series races. After profitable the SciAps 300, Larson claimed he wished to “embarrass” Xfinity drivers when competing in NASCAR‘s second-tier competitors. He later clarified that his place is a tough-love strategy to help higher put together Xfinity drivers for potential step-ups to the Cup Series and pointed to winless Ty Gibbs as an instance.
Like each full-time Cup Series driver, the one-time champion is restricted to 5 races per season within the Truck and Xfinity Series, however his feedback have obtained pushback. The legendary Earnhardt Jr. gave a balanced verdict on Larson, revealing he wasn’t pleased with the Cup Series star’s “embarrass” comment however offered steadiness by understanding the sentiment behind it.
“The first thing he said, I didn’t like. He said he wanted to embarrass the field, and he wanted to embarrass NASCAR, and he was not happy that they limit the races the Cup guys can run. The rest of the point he made was valid,” Earnhardt stated.
“He’s basically saying that these kids that are in there think they’re better than they are and I like to go in there and show them where the standard is or what they might be up against if they were to ever get to the Cup level and they need to know that now. They need to know how much harder they need to work. I get that, Mark Martin was that guy for years.
“He was the guy that would show up and you’re like, ‘Shit, nearly impossible to beat.’ Damn, he pushed you. Pushed us all to try harder. We would not have raised our game if he had not showed up. Kyle Busch did that.
“[He] would show up and take the money. It was frustrating because racing against Kyle Busch and Joe Gibbs Racing, you’re racing against not only an elite driver, but elite equipment. … When he showed up and was going to run first, he knocked everybody in the field down a notch. When you do that a lot throughout the year, that adds up financially for those teams.”
Nonetheless, Earnhardt Jr. needs Larson behind one of his automobiles sooner or later. His JR Motorsports runs a single constitution in Xfinity and has two wins this season with Justin Allgaier.
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“You know, I wish he would sign up for some more races now,” Earnhardt added. “Because I know one race team, one owner and 160 employees that would love another shot. … He can expect that to absolutely nerf the other teams and our team. We have a relationship with them [Hendrick Motorsports].
“We share information with them. They’re in our meetings and they take all the information we have and then they put it in his car. And he goes out there and runs good. It was just odd.
“… I don’t know why he didn’t lap the field. He was out there Saturday in the Xfinity race to lap the field, and he should’ve. … He had the field covered and he should the way he ran. I understand the point he was trying to make but the way he presented it only made me wish he would sign up for a few more races this year so we can have a chance.
“He’ll tell us the Hendrick car is full. They got [Corey] Day, Rajah [Caruth], [Jake] Finch — they got a season full. But there’s other Chevrolets out there and he won’t be in that sweet Hendrick equipment carrying him around that racetrack. But hey, he’s the difference maker, right?”
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