Dale Earnhardt Jr. gets fired up talking NASCAR conspiracy theory following Brickyard 400

Dale Earnhardt Jr. had a strong response to a conspiracy theory revealed by his Dale Jr. Download host Dalton Greco. On the latest episode of the podcast, Greco insinuated that NASCAR wanted Kyle Larson to win the Brickyard 400 as he got the lead after the second overtime restart when Brad Keselowski went to pit road as he ran out of fuel. When Greco said that if another driver like Daniel Suárez was leading the race the caution flag would have come out, Earnhardt had a fiery response.

“Bulls***,” Earnhardt said. “Are you kidding me?” Greco then said it makes sense since Larson is back at Indianapolis Motor Speedway after finishing 18th at the Indy 500 in May. The co-host also noted that Larson had the same paint scheme he used for the IndyCar race.

“But that didn’t go that well,” Earnhardt replied. “Now if he’d won the Indy 500 in that Indy car, then maybe I could get on this wagon with you.”

Earnhardt then asked Greco to name a driver and he would answer “caution” or “no caution” when it comes to the similar situation that happened at Indy. Earnhardt said “no caution” to drivers like Ross Chastain, Chris Buescher, Christopher Bell, Denny Hamlin, Chase Elliott, Bubba Wallace, Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano. And when Grego said SVG (Shane Van Gisbergen), Earnhardt said jokingly “SVG wins” and “They throw the checkered flag a lap early.”

Dale Earnhardt Jr. shares thoughts on controversial restart

Earnhardt then shared his thoughts on the booth having the final call on the race. “The booth has got a lot of criticism, particularly over the past probably two or three years, there’s been some moments,” he said. “Maybe that’s something to keep an eye on. It’s frustrating, I know, but as long as they’re human beings up there making these decisions, everybody’s going to have their own opinion about it.”

As for the restart, Earnhardt said he doesn’t have a problem with it. “I honestly feel like it played out the way it should have,” he explained. “Brad Keselowski is not at fault, they were trying to stretch fuel, they knew they were probably beyond. They interviewed the crew chief, Matt [McCall], and he said, ‘Hey, we’re probably gonna run out, but we made our bed and so, we’re gonna go for it.’ It’s their prerogative to bring their car to pit road whenever they choose, and it just so happened they’re coming to the green flag, and he decides to pit. … That’s not fault to Brad for how that played out.”