Like all of us, there are some days when Dale Earnhardt Jr. is in a better, more talkative mood than others. And on Friday at Pocono, NASCAR’s most popular driver had a bunch of interesting/funny things to say.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. At Pocono: A Potpourri Of Quips And Comments
Here’s a sampling of his comments:
On whether it’s frustrating to be so close and not win:
Nah! It's great! It's not frustrating; I'm running good. That's where you want to be – close, if not winning! Better than running 25th and 30th every damn week, I'll tell you that.
On how different the Pocono race will look to fans now that drivers can shift gears at the track again:
It'll be the same as it was last year. Take the tape of last year's race and replay it, and just imagine that all the drivers are shifting.
On his “Coral Isle Bar” T-shirt at Pocono:
I’m on this deal – I found it in a book somewhere – where it’s $20 a month to be in the “Dive Bar T-Shirt Of The Month” (club). So I get a T-shirt every month for $20, and this was one I got a couple months ago. You get a shirt every month. It’s pretty cool! They give you a whole postcard about the bar, a story about the bar. It’s called the “Dive Bar Of The Month T-Shirt Club.”
On whether he “feels certain” that a win is coming soon:
What does that mean, "feel certain?" I don't know. I've never been the kind of person to be certain about anything. I'm not an assuming kind of person. So I've probably never felt that way.
On Kyle Busch bumping Joey Coulter after the Truck race at Kansas:
What Kyle did in Kansas, we do all the time. I didn't think it was too big of a deal. Obviously it upset Richard (Childress). But we run into each other all the time after races, and a lot of it never really gets caught on television. Sometimes it's because you're happy with somebody, sometimes it's because you're mad at somebody.
On whether he ever gets upset, as a Nationwide Series owner, at another driver for damaging his cars:
That damn (James) Buescher kid wrecked Danica at California for no frickin’ reason at all! So he’s on the list. He’s got his coming one day. It’s a short (list) – it’s got Buescher, that’s it.
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