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| Earnhardt: "I take offense to the claims." |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. rode to his team’s defense today, telling reporters that Keselowski should talk less and drive more.
"I don't particularly like the things he says lately
about the company I drive for,” said Earnhardt at Bristol Motor Speedway.
“So I take offense to the claims and the accusations. It's just natural for me
to do that.”
While stopping short of accusing HMS of cheating, Keselowski
questioned how Hendrick has “tricked up" the cars of title contenders Earnhardt,
Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne. "There are parts and pieces
on the cars that are moving after inspection that make the car more competitive,”
he said. “Some guys have it, some don't. There's a question to the
interpretation of the rule. Penske Racing errs on the safe side, because we
don't want to be the guys that get the big penalty.
“I'm not going to
slam them for it. But it's living in a gray area (and) Roger doesn't do that.”
Brad is a really good guy,” said Earnhardt today of his
former JR Motorsports employee. “He has a pretty good heart. He is a really
great race car driver and I wish he would concentrate on that. I think he likes
to talk a lot, but I think his true skills shine on the race track, not
behind the microphone.”
“I like Brad,” he said. “We’re friends, and I don’t really
want any drama with him."
Those are impressively diplomatic statements Junior put forth.
ReplyDeleteKaz Kaz Kaz, foot on gas peddle not in mouth.
ReplyDeleteDoug in NJ
After BK/PR's exploitation of the timing loop loophole on pit road, it's funny to hear him talking about HMS pushing the envelope.
ReplyDeleteLike that Brad isn't just strumming the PC "robot" answers, could be an interesting rivalry to get going between those two if they have strong Chase performances.
ReplyDeletehaha, jr said that?- should'nt jr shut up and drive? he may be fan fav< but he is only a c+ driver_ brad in his short run in cup is a b+ driver. just say n
ReplyDeleteI thought it was the crew chiefs job. To flirt in the gray area to improve on the performance of the race cars. Chad Knauss does an excellent job, even though he got caught a couple times but that doesn't make him stop improving on the car. It would be different if Brad could do what Jimmie is doing. That's winning more races.
ReplyDeleteAfter BK/PR's exploitation of the timing loop loophole on pit road, it's funny to hear him talking about HMS pushing the envelope.
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