Kyle Larson breaks silence on Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s sprint car race debut

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be attending his first sprint race in Sarver, Pennsylvania on 26th September.

Kyle Larson breaks silence on Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s sprint car race debut

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kyle Larson (Via IMAGO)

Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson had recently debuted in the CARS Tour, a traveling Late Model Stock series co-owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. As part of their deal, Earnhardt Jr. will now be traveling to Sarver, Pennsylvania on 26th September to attend a High Limit Sprint Car Series race, a 410 Sprint Car series owned by Larson. Larson has recently expressed his excitement for Earnhardt Jr. to be following his first-ever sprint race.

Larson hopes that Earnhardt Jr. enjoys his time at Lernerville, as he hopes to sit down with him after the event and discuss further prospects involving the different series co-owned by both of them. Larson said that he would like to know Earnhardt Jr.’s perspective of the sport as that would come from someone who does not know much about it.

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“Lernerville is just a great track. I guess he’s never been to a Sprint Car race so I just want him to have a good time. I would like for him to get to experience everything there. I want him to get behind the wheel of a push truck and push us off,” said Larson, as reported by Sportsnaut.

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Dale Jr. comes to Brad Keselowski’s defense after an alleged red flag violation in Daytona

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Brad Keselowski (Credits: USA Network)

Brad Keselowski was stuck in a unique situation in Daytona when he smelled smoke from his car when the red flag was raised. The only option remaining for Keselowski was to drive and get the air moving through the vehicle. Post-race, he was acquitted of the violation as he had a valid reason, but many have argued that he should have been penalized for the incident.

Recently, Dale Earnhardt Jr. jumped to Keselowski’s defense as he said that Keselowski had no other option in the situation. He said that while all the teams try to save on fuel during the red flag, he was giving a competitive advantage to them by continuing to drive, so there was not much of a reason for him to be punished.

“Is Brad just to sit still and allow the fire to happen? No. So he’s gonna do these donuts to get a little air moving through the rocker box or whatever’s going on to try to get the fire to go out, and he did… Well, he was giving everybody a competitive advantage there by burning fuel and running in circles,” said Earnhardt Jr.

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