Dale Earnhardt Jr Discloses What a “Happy” Rick Hendrick Would’ve Told Chase Elliott & Kyle Larson on Their “Ugly” Feud

NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr reveals what Rick Hendrick would’ve told his Hendrick Motorsports drivers. Junior’s comments were in reference to the aftermath of last Sunday’s race at Watkins Glen International, which saw Kyle Larson shove Chase Elliott off the racetrack in order to take over the lead and eventually win the race.

Junior stated, “to me, I didn’t see this guy did something wrong. I didn’t see anybody do anything wrong, that needs to be corrected or Rick doesn’t need to sit down with one or the other. He might want to sit down with both of them and say hey this is the way I view this.”

He added, “I can imagine what Rick would say, Rick’s probably happy that one of his cars won. He probably doesn’t have any real issue with the way it happened. But he probably wants them to not make it personal going forward right? Let’s not let this get ugly.”

“You guys are two great drivers, we got great race cars, which means at times we’re going to be racing each other in these moments and I expect you all to race as hard as you can for the win without taking either one of you out.”

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Elliott was seen as highly upset regarding the entire situation that made him not only lose the race but also get relegated to fourth place.

What happened between Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson at Watkins Glen?

After the final restart of the race, chaos ensued with the two lead drivers, both of which were Hendrick Motorsports teammates. The incident left Elliott fuming after the race, where he even mentioned the wrong track for the next race as his mind was probably not in the right place.

As the final restart resumed, Elliott was in the lead but instead of taking the inside line for turn one, the 2020 Cup Series Champion decided to take the outside line while defending against his Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Kyle Larson. But as turn one arrived, Larson locked up and forced an unlucky Elliott off the racing line, and onto the other side of the curb.

In the process, the Dawsonville native three four places while Larson took over the lead and ultimately the race win.

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Larson later stated that he was not proud of the move he made, but mentioned that Elliott would understand if he was in his position. Chase Elliott, on the other hand, went off straight to Jeff Gordon and team boss, Rick Hendrick, to possibly talk about the incident.