‘Offended’ Michael McDowell slams Larry McReynolds comments over 23XI-FRM lawsuit
Front Row Motorsports’ Michael McDowell was really offended by the “not competitive” dig by Larry McReynolds on his team.
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Larry McReynolds and Michael McDowell (Via IMAGO)
Toyota team 23XI Racing and Ford team Front Row Motorsports files a lawsuit against NASCAR after refusing sign the new 2025-2031 Charter agreement. They accuse NASCAR of using monopolistic practices to make teams sign the new deal and this racing community has a mix reaction to the legal action questioning the status quo.
One of the strong critics of the lawsuit was ex-crew chief Larry McReynolds, who slammed Michael Jordan for the move and overlooked FRM by branding them as a non-competitive team. Front Row’s driver Michael McDowell didn’t like this criticism and has spoken up against it, despite not wanting to as he wanted to avoid the noise.
You know, honestly, I tried to stay out of the noise as much as I could this week. Because obviously, I’m moving on next year [to Spire]. I don’t want to be collateral damage in any of this.
Michael McDowell said at Talladega.
He pointed out that the comments from the legendary crew chief was really offensive. McDowell didn’t like the claim that small team doesn’t have a say in the sport. He pointed out that his team his darn competitive and deserves the right to be heard.
But I think one of the things that I didn’t love was just Larry Mac’s take on us being the ‘not competitive’ team and why would we have skin in the game or say so. And that’s something I took offense to because I feel like we’re pretty darn competitive.
Michael McDowell added.
Michael McDowell backs this argument with his Superspeedway record
The veteran driver made highlighted the fact that his team won’t their sixth pole in the Superspeedway for Talladega, and it proves that their team is really competitive. He also admitted that he would have left the dig slide, if not for the competitive comment as he didn’t want part of the lawsuit noise.
This is our sixth pole, yep, we haven’t got to victory lane this year but we’ve been really close. I’m really proud of everybody at Front Row and how competitive we are. So, that was probably the only dagger that cut me deep and cut my guys’ deep, but you know, there’s a lot of noise and we try to ignore it. But that one was, a low blow.
Michael McDowell said.
The comments made by McDowell is on point and should be respected. He limited his comments to everything he and his crew does on the track and highlighted that they should be respected for those exploits. It will be interesting to see how McReynolds will respond to these comments.
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