Dale Earnhardt Jr. Empathizes With Denny Hamlin as Frightened Drivers “Pour It on Thick” Against NASCAR in Public

Over the last few weeks, the voices against NASCAR, concerning the safety of the Next Gen car have been getting more vocal and more critical. But before anyone thinks the drivers have any other agenda, consider what Dale Earnhardt Jr. has to say on this subject.

The NASCAR Hall of Famer, recently, addressed the current safety issues in the sport and the fuming drivers with their media outbursts as of late.

“Drivers are almost in a panic for NASCAR to help them. They’re going to the media because the media is kind of the last resort to get something done, to get somebody’s attention,” he said.

“When a driver feels like he is out of options, that he’s not being heard or really has to have something done immediately, really needs to get his message across quickly, urgently, they go to the media and they over speak.”

Junior described that when drivers want to be heard, they tend to say more than what they should say.

“When you want to be heard, when you want somebody to understand this is something important to you, when you’re a driver, you go to the media, you overspeak. You pour it on thick,” he explained.

“Because that’s your only shot.”

Dale Earnhardt Jr. understands Denny Hamlin’s tactics

Of all the drivers who have been expressing their disapproval against NASCAR in the past few weeks, Denny Hamlin’s voice has undoubtedly been the loudest and the sharpest.

But Dale Jr. feels the Joe Gibbs Racing driver is simply trying to get more eyes on the serious problem the drivers have on their hands right now.

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“I think that was a little bit of what Denny was doing,” he said. “It was a tactic to get this message out to the public so that the fans and everybody would understand the severity of the situation and the importance of some action.”

With that said, the former Hendrick Motorsports driver revealed that NASCAR has been working on a rear clip for some time now, and they are indeed listening and addressing the issues.

Yet that’s only the sweet part.

Because the bitter part is that regardless of how much drivers complain or NASCAR accelerates, there’s no way they’re going to take a chance on fixing a racecar at this stage of the season.

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