Kevin Harvick Silences the ‘Good Old Days’ Argument as He Claims Racing Has Gotten More Aggressive

An argument is often made by the older fans of any sport about how it was more aggressive back in the day. There might be a section of such fans in NASCAR as well. A section that may feel the sport has lost its aggressive nature from the days of Dale Earnhardt and Richie Evans. However, the battle for the lead between Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin at Pocono earlier this month proved that the aggression was very much alive. According to Kevin Harvick, who finished the race in fourth, the aggressiveness of the sport is more than what is used to be.

Dale Earnhardt Jr took part in the ‘good old days’ debate on a recent episode of The Dale Jr. Download podcast. He said that the on-track incident between Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin is what NASCAR fans wanted. The intensity and hard-racing brought back memories of his father for Dale Jr. As fans watching the sport in the 80s, these aggressive maneuvers were something the sport was missing. But Kevin Harvick had a different opinion.

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Harvick also stated that better safety measures and more protection in all racing equipment, starting from go-karts, is what gives the drivers more confidence to be aggressive than in the earlier days.

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“You know we didn’t use to have fairings, now you have fairings protecting all the wheels and tyres and the plastic and they bounce off of each other. If you used to do that, you’d just flip, right? You could hook your wheels and flip,” he said.

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Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin’s incident at Pocono already had fans debating, but the latter went a step further to add fuel to the fire on social media. Hamlin tweeted, “Didn’t touch him” which drew a lot of attention from fans.

One fan commented, “ Not even close, champ. You coulda fit all 51 of your trophies between those cars.”

Another fan commented, “This is why you will never win a championship, you get raced the way you race others. You cry when u are on the other end of it and scream innocent when you are at fault. I love how Kyle called you out in the friend group for never being wrong. It’s called an apology, man up.

So, was Denny Hamlin playing by the rules when he made his aggressive move on Kyle Larson? Or is Larson right to complain about the incident? Let us know your thoughts.

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