Dale Earnhardt Jr. Reveals Worst Part About Being NASCAR Owner originally appeared on The Spun.
"We kind of stepped on our you know what."
There's no denying that Dale Earnhardt Jr. loves the perks of being a NASCAR team owner. But there are some downsides that he felt like addressing this week.
On the latest episode of his Dale Jr. Download podcast, Earnhardt lamented how "boring" the recent Xfinity Race. He attributed it to his cars running into each other and ultimately costing them the race.
“Xfinity race was kind of boring for the Junior Motorsports guys,” Earnhardt said. “We had a shot at winning it. We kind of stepped on our you know what.
“This is the sucky part about being an owner is your cars running into each other. Connor (Zilisch) went down in the corner three-wide, missed the bottom, got loose and hit (Ross) Chastain, and Chastain got shoved up into (Justin) Allgaier, and Allgaier got spun out. It feels like Allgaier gets run over by his teammates at least once or twice a year.”
But while he may have been upset, he acknowledged that it's part of the territory with being an owner. He said that there are always young drivers that make mistakes and "get it wrong every now and then."
“This is just the circumstances that happen when you got these young kids coming up through the program,” Earnhardt said. “It’s just like the Cars Tour. They are going to make mistakes, they are going to race hard, they are going to do things, they are going to get it wrong every now and then.”
Results in Iowa
Dale Jr's JR Motorsports team saw five drivers finishing in the top 16 in Iowa this past weekend. Ross Chastain finished third, Connor Zilisch was fourth, Carson Kvapil was ninth, Sammy Smith finished 15th and Justin Allgaier finished 16th.
The results keep Dale Jr. firmly in first place in the Owners' championship standings with 821. He's nearly 50 points clear of his sister Kelley and a full 65 points ahead of Gene Haas. As for his drivers, Zilisch and Allgaier are currently tied for the lead with 772 points apiece.
Can Dale Jr's drivers overcome their hurdles in Iowa and claim the title for him?
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Reveals Worst Part About Being NASCAR Owner first appeared on The Spun on Aug 6, 2025
This story was originally reported by The Spun on Aug 6, 2025, where it first appeared.
