“He Could Hit Him All He Wants”: Dale Earnhardt Jr Gives Conversational Take on $50,000 Debacle After “Risk of Death” Claim

Last weekend’s race at the Circuit of the Americas will be the talk of the town for a while. There were many storylines at play during that race weekend—one of them being about the quality of racing. However, there was also another big storyline developing, which involved Daniel Suarez. The Mexican driver was in a vengeful mood after late contact with Alex Bowman and his own teammate, Ross Chastain. Recently, Dale Earnhardt Jr weighed in on Suarez acting as a heat-seeking missile after the race was over.

He said on The Dale Jr. Download, “My only opinion about that is, NASCAR probably should talk to Daniel about hitting the #48 after pit entry. I don’t have anything to say about the teammates being at odds. I like Daniel a lot, he’s a really freaking good dude and he’s better now. He could hit him all he wants, outside on the race track. Coming on the cool-down lap, if he wants to pop somebody’s door or whatever.

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“But once you cross that line, there’s an imaginary line or code, or a physical line on the race track, where the pit road speed begins, you gotta stop. I understand that emotion, frustration, and feeling like ‘I gotta show my frustration. Gotta do it and the only way I know how, is to pop him in the bumper.’

“What he did was fine, just where he did it…,” Junior added.

Dale Earnhardt Jr is not the only one to call out Daniel Suarez

Obviously, the NASCAR officials did not appreciate Suarez’s actions and penalized him for it. To be exact, he copped a $50,000 fine for the incident. The worst part was that the contact was deliberate because Suarez actively sought out Chastain and Bowman.

Dale Jr’s remarks came after Kaulig Racing‘s spotter Brett Griffin had called out the Trackhouse Racing star’s actions. He had compared the incident to one involving Ty Gibbs, who did something similar last year and pretty much got crucified for it.

Griffin had mentioned, “And we burnt Ty Gibbs to the ground last year on this show for doing something very similar. There is a ‘f**king human standing there, and if you hit him a little bit harder, and he loses control of his car and he spins out. That human is at the risk of death.” 

Dale Jr was of a similar opinion and believed that in any other situation, it would have been okay. However, the pit lane is not a place for exacting revenge on a rival.

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