Dale Earnhardt Jr. had some enjoyable on the tempo automotive driver’s expense following the hilarious accident that came about this previous weekend at Phoenix Raceway.
Whereas the drama was excessive for the ultimate race of the season in Arizona, it was damaged for a bit when the tempo automotive driver dove all the way down to pit highway, misplaced management and wrecked himself. Many NASCAR followers and analysts admitted it was the primary time they’ve seen one thing like that, and Earnhardt had snicker about it whereas analyzing what went down on Sunday afternoon.
“I noticed that, and when the tempo automotive is main the sector, and he’s going to go to pit highway, one of many best issues that I beloved a couple of broadcast, particularly with Ken Squire, was they’d say, ‘The tempo automotive dives onto pit highway.’ The tempo automotive doesn’t simply regularly ease to pit highway. It dives onto pit highway. Effectively, hear — I respect the hassle,” Earnhardt acknowledged, by way of the most recent episode of the Dale Jr. Obtain. “It must be a deliberate transfer. However you additionally have to know easy methods to drive a automotive. It’s additionally vital to know the legal guidelines of gravity, physics. Look, I busted my ass loads of occasions. I do know I’m not good. But it surely must be a deliberate transfer. It might’t be a meandering — it’s bought to be a deliberate transfer. He possibly must take a course. Driving course, with cones. Take that particular automotive although, so you’ll be able to be taught — can actually perceive the lateral grip, and the bounds that this automotive has.
“It was like — the man is not any stranger to driving automobiles, but it surely was like he was driving that one for the primary time. It appeared like he was simply shocked by — he anticipated extra. The automotive simply didn’t ship. I feel, you are taking that automotive — they’ve bought all types of weight within the again, all these batteries and stuff for these lights and all the things. There’s a bunch in that automotive — it’s not going to drive precisely like a inventory automotive. So, severely man, you’ve bought to take that factor out and drive somewhat bit in order that doesn’t occur once more. … This may’t be the way in which we’re with the tempo automotive. Does he have to go and do some donuts within the parking zone, simply to get his confidence again?”
Maybe NASCAR ought to take Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s recommendation and permit the tempo automotive driver to get some further reps in previous to getting on the observe. Fortunately, no one was harm, and catastrophe was averted at Phoenix Raceway, however the reminiscence of one of many funnier moments in current motorsports historical past will dwell on.
