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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – JUNE 30: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Nationwide Chevrolet, looks on during qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 59th Annual Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway on June 30, 2017 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – JUNE 30: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Nationwide Chevrolet, looks on during qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 59th Annual Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway on June 30, 2017 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)
Recently NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr took to Twitter to share a fascinating realization of the usage of the F-Word in the world’s history. In that tweet, the former Cup Series driver shared a screenshot of the rising and falling trend of the F-word. The trend showed a major hike in the usage of the word in the early 21st century.
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So I was googling the historical usage of the F 💣 . We stopped using it in the early 1800s and then picked it back up just after 1950? Apparently, it was banned in print in the 1800s and didn’t show back up in dictionaries till the 1960s. #TheMoreYouKnow pic.twitter.com/Bnoc5jeZQ4
— Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr) September 15, 2022
This interesting trivia shared by the 15-time winner of the NASCAR Most Popular Driver award led to a series of responses in the Twittersphere.
this is a very Dale Jr tweet
— DennyDeliversYT (@DennyDelivers) September 15, 2022
Not something I thought I’d learn about today, now I’ll have some unique knowledge to use at the next get together I go to😂
— David Hoffman (@DHoffmanMedia22) September 15, 2022
Tell me ur bored without telling me ur bored. 😁 but that's pretty interesting! Had no idea! Good rabbit hole you fell down!
— SunnyTweed (@Sunnytweed) September 15, 2022
What year was Samuel L Jackson born?
— Pops (@iamsdm) September 15, 2022
The rest of the Twitter responses took a dig at Dale Jr and the reaction he made to the former NASCAR Cup Series driver, Kyle Petty.
Did @kylepetty have anything to do with this?
— Ron Dunsmore Jr (@The_R2D2) September 15, 2022
Just saying pic.twitter.com/ma2SlFubm2
— HighLineBetting (@HighLineBetting) September 15, 2022
My only question…. pic.twitter.com/cSXEdM7iZN
— Ken Sanford (@FastMachinMedia) September 16, 2022
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All these hilarious responses made the NASCAR fans relive the moment that took place a couple of months back on the podcast Dale Jr Download between Dale Jr and his friend, also a co-host of his show.
What happened between Dale Earnhardt Jr and his co-host?
In a podcast conversation between the owner of JRM and the co-host of his podcast, Mike Davis, the two got into a heated argument about the Ross Chastain wreck by the hand of Denny Hamlin at Pocono Raceway back in July 2022. This was the source of conflict between Junior and Davis.
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DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA – AUGUST 30: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #8 Hellmann’s Chevrolet, stands in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 at Darlington Raceway on August 30, 2019 in Darlington, South Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
During that argument, there was a moment when they couldn’t agree whether it was Chastain’s own fault or did Hamlin help him in the wreck. This led to a couple of dialogue exchanges that will possibly be remembered for eternity.
Earnhardt said, “I think he lost control after the contact.“
“Well, that’s not what Kyle Petty said,” Davis responded.
Dale Jr countered this with, “What the f*** does Kyle Petty got to do with this?“
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The unfortunate Kyle Petty got stuck in between the conversation, who was just a mere bystander and didn’t have to do anything with it. This resulted in an immediate Twitter conversation and a trend of memes for the people on social media.
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