Dale Earnhardt Jr. names “arguably the best driver” in the NASCAR Cup series

NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. has shared his verdict on who is the bets drivers on the current Cup Series garage.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. names “arguably the best driver” in the NASCAR Cup series

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Via NASCAR.com)

The NASCAR Cup garage over the years has had some of the best racers in the motorsport’s history. The current generations of drivers are among the most versatile athletes in the tracing scene, as they participate in events hosted at different types of tracks, such as Ovals, Street Circuit and Road Course races.

Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. shared his feelings about who is the best among the current Cup racers. He sees Hendrick Motorsports 2021 Cup champion Kyle Larson as the best in the series. The veteran was talking about how the No:5 Chevy driver’s approach towards Superspeedway racing has changed after struggling there over the years. Junior is happy about how he wants the Chevy driver like NASCAR’s cornerstone event as he is best racer in the garage.

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Kyle Larson is arguably the best driver in the series. There’s a couple other names you could throw into that bucket. I want him to like racing at Daytona. Daytona is our cornerstone. The Daytona 500 is our most important event.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. said via Dale Jr. Download.

Further talking about the point, Dale Jr. explained that he wants the championships’ best drivers to love racing in events such as Daytona 500. He also revealed that Larson isn’t thrilled about Superspeedway racing, because he can’t do what he wants on such tracks.

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I want our best driver fond of that event, fond of that race, fond of going there. I want him to be excited about it, right? And when he’s not that thrilled about it because he doesn’t feel like he can do what he wants to do, that’s frustrating for me.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. added.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. explains why Carson Hocevar apologized to Kyle Larson at Atlanta

In the same podcast, Dale Jr. shared his feelings about Carson Hocevar who had a wild race at Atlanta and him apologizing to Kyle Larson at Atalanta. He revealed that the Spire Motorsports driver apologized because he didn’t help his Chevy teammate Larson win the race as he helped Chrsitopher Bell as he wanted to win the race for himself.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Carson Hocevar
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Carson Hocevar (Via IMAGO)

I think he was apologizing to them because he didn’t help them at the end… I don’t think he was saying, ‘Hey, I’m sorry, Rick, for being a menace on the racetrack today.’ I think he was literally apologizing for a very specific choice he made that he thinks they might not have agreed with.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. said.

The comments from Junior shows if Hocevar had pushed the No:5 Chevy instead of pushing the Toyota to get to the front, Larson would have won the race. This might have given him a much better feelings about the upcoming Superspeedway races.