Dale Earnhardt Jr. acts like a “pissed off grumpy old man” and slams NASCAR for social media post congratulating Christopher Bell

Dale Earnhardt Jr. questions NASCAR’s motives behind X post congratulating Christopher Bell for 150 Cup start.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. acts like a “pissed off grumpy old man” and slams NASCAR for social media post congratulating Christopher Bell

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Christopher Bell (Via IMAGO)

29 years old Christopher Bell marked a milestone at COTA two weeks ago. He made his 150th Cup Series race start and NASCAR congratulated him by sharing a special graphics on their official X handle. But Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. saw it as an unwanted social media post and not significant milestone.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. asserted that it’s not a significant static considering Richard Petty, holds the record for with 1186 starts. That means the seven-time champion still has 1000 more starts to his name and he believes that NASCAR should be celebrating drivers when they at least have over 400 starts. He did admit that he felt like a grumpy old man for complaining like it.

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NASCAR put a tweet out congratulating Christopher Bell on his 150th start, but I wonder what other drivers made 150 starts and didn't get a NASCAR tweet…So they're kind of buttering you up a little bit…You know what I did immediately, since I'm a pissed off grumpy old man. That's right.  I went to the all-time starts. So, Richard Petty has 1,186, something like that…Yeah. He has a thousand more starts. It's not tweet worthy…That is not social media content.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. said via Dale Jr. Download.

Junior do have a point as the Richard Petty has set huge goal for many drivers in the grid and someone breaking this record seems impossible. The current generation of drivers faces more competition for seats than ever and racing as long as the legends of the sport isn’t a viable option for many in the garage.

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Christopher Bell had a huge clash with his ex-mentor Kyle Busch on the milestone day

Christopher Bell had a productive but chaotic day behind the wheels at COTA. He finished the race P2, but the he had two high profile incident that cast shade on his good day. He spun ex-Cup champions Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson in the race. After the even a frustrated Busch even confronted him.

Kyle Busch and Christopher Bell
Kyle Busch and Christopher Bell (Via IMAGO) Busch vs Bell clash (In Circle, Screenshot via @NASCAR/X)

Busch was Bell’s teammate at JGR since his debut with Joe Gibbs’ team and was a mentor figure for the No:20 Camry drivers. Their relation didn’t start their as the latter got his big NASCAR break with Kyle Busch Motorsports in the Truck Series and the veteran was there for him most days.

Ahead of the Richmond race Kyle Busch even admitted that he was hurt by the lack of respect shown by drivers came to NASCAR via KBM. The duo seemed to have settled the beef, but Bell is still anticipating a potential payback in the future.

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