Dale Earnhardt Jr. reacts to Ty Gibbs' heated radio moment

During Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series contention astatine Watkins Glen, determination was an antithetic concern connected the vigor betwixt young Ty Gibbs and the strategist of the squad no. 54, by Chris Gabehart. As helium struggled connected track, the 21-year-old made it wide that helium was unhappy with the existent strategy, starring to a heated statement unrecorded successful beforehand of the afloat team.

"We are the worst now, we person to bash thing different," said the young operator implicit the radio, reports CBS Sports. Gabehart, who, successful summation to his relation arsenic a strategist, is besides the contention manager astatine Joe Gibbs Racing, instantly reacted: "Well, I'm definite that you from the car person a precise bully knowing of that. Well, you tin pb the strategy if you privation oregon we tin proceed similar this. I'll decidedly effort to spell arsenic accelerated arsenic I can."

How experienced drivers presumption specified situations

Many rapidly criticized Gibbs for specified a statement, but 49-year-old Dale Earnhardt Jr. believes that moments similar this tin beryllium beneficial to him: “This is what Ty Gibbs needs. He needs idiosyncratic similar Gabehart. He’s determination to assistance him and mentor him. I’ve had moments similar that connected the vigor — frustrated, the car isn’t moving the mode I privation it to, and I consciousness similar nary 1 understands however atrocious the concern truly is.”

The legendary two-time Daytona 500 victor besides recalled his collaboration with Tony Eury Sr., a antheral who often brought him down: “Luckily, I had Tony Sr. to support maine successful enactment and not fto maine speech excessively overmuch oregon suffer focus. If helium wasn’t there, I would person taken vantage of each the abstraction I had arsenic the lad of a squad owner.”

Earnhardt believes that this vigor altercation has nary superior consequences and that Gibbs possesses exceptional driving ability: “Ty Gibbs is highly talented. If helium succeeds, it volition beryllium acknowledgment to Gabehart — not lone due to the fact that of the velocity of the car, but besides due to the fact that helium volition get his caput astir it. I deliberation it volition work.”