Dale Earnhardt Jr. Names Two 'Biggest (Expletives)' In NASCAR
Former NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt Jr. had two popular drivers in his crosshairs this week when he addressed a certain style of defensive driving.
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On the latest episode of his Dale Jr. Download podcast, Earnhardt called out Joey Logano and Ross Chastain for their reputations as excellent mirror-drivers. Using a particular expletive, he described the two of them as self drivers who are more eager to win and thus do just enough to ensure their own safety rather than try to make friends off the track.
'The reason why Joey's good at it, the reason why Chastain's good at it, is because they're willing to be the biggest (expletive) out there,' Earnhardt Jr. said. 'It's not engrained in all of us to be selfish, and be purely selfish, but you have to be. I always tried — speaking frankly here, I want to be everybody's buddy. Everywhere I go around the race track on the weekend, I want to be friends with Chase [Briscoe], I want to be friends with everybody.
'When I raced, I wanted to get out of the car and go, 'Hey man, that shit was fun. You good? Hope you liked racing me.' Now, we go to Daytona and Talladega, and I would have to tell myself before I got in the car, 'You're going to have to be an asshole today,' because it wasn't engrained in me to go out there and drive like that.
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'I didn't do things intentionally like, 'Screw you guys,' and run people into the wall, 'I don't care about your race,' but I knew, to be good at Daytona and Talladega, I kind of had to be a bit of a jerk. I think, the way the Cup car is today, you have to be a jerk, everywhere you go.'
BRISTOL, TENNESSEE - SEPTEMBER 15: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Hellmann's Chevrolet, looks on during practice for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on September 15, 2023 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images
Whether Dale Jr. likes it or not, Logano and Chastain have maneuvered themselves into great position this year. Both have won a race this season and qualified for the NASCAR Cup Series playoff.
We're going to see the two of them use all of their skills - even the ones Dale Jr. may not love - to try and win it all this year.
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Related: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Admits He Has A Problem With NASCAR's Two Penalties
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Names Two 'Biggest (Expletives)' In NASCAR first appeared on The Spun on Jun 25, 2025
This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jun 25, 2025, where it first appeared.
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