Dale Earnhardt Jr. shots down claim that Homestead was a “10 out of 10” race
NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. has given his verdict on the motorsport’s community hailing Homestead event as 10/10 race.
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The NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead Miami last week featured one of the best races of the season, that saw 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick won the race with a last corner move on defending champion Ryan Blaney. Championship contenders being making some poor mistakes and being aggressive helped the race to entertaining.
Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. though doesn’t buy these claims, as he doesn’t think it was a 10 out of 10 races. He admitted that it was a good race but doesn’t think it was as great the NASCAR community online making it to be. Junior admitted that it was a race that he has expected to see for at the track.
I rewatched the race it was good. You know, I don’t know if I’m seeing the 10 out of 10, it was good. It had all the things that I would have expected. It was the race I would have expected to happen at Homestead.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. said via Dale Jr. Download.
He questioned that some in the racing community might be rating the race such highly because of the last lap battle. Junior’s comments don’t seem to reflect with everyone in the community for one reason or another.
Did y’all see something in this race at Homestead that you don’t see at Homestead or hadn’t seen at Homestead before? Aside from the pass in Turn 3 and 4 on the very last lap?
Dale Earnhardt Jr. added.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn’t actually watch the race live
One reason behind Junior questioning the race’s rating might be because of he didn’t watch the race live. Dale Earnhardt Jr. watched a reply of in a later day and his judgement might have been clouded by this fact that he was exposed to the glorifying of the event online before he saw it.
Hey, I was doing a lot of s**t this week but I was trying to pay attention to what was going on. And I did rewatch the race yesterday, thrilling finish with Tyler Reddick going around the top to beat Blaney. There is a lot of great feedback about this race… I’m assuming that everybody in the room felt exactly the same way, right?
Dale Earnhardt Jr. said.
The Hall of Famer comments also show how high he rates Homestead as a racing track and why it should get a more prominent spot in the NASCAR schedule. It’s a massive disappointment that the track wont feature in the 2025 playoffs and fans would hoping that it will come back to the schedule in the 2026 season.
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