Dale Earnhardt Jr. doesn’t predict any friction will come from Kyle Larson’s spat with his spotter Tyler Monn after the No. 5 wheelman bluntly told him to shut his mouth during last weekend’s race in Loudon.
During the USA Today 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, there was a moment where Larson was used up by Denny Hamlin . Monn chimed in on the radio, trying to encourage Larson not to let Hamlin push him around on the track, believing it’s happened in the past, as well. Evidently, Larson didn’t want to hear it, ‘Shut the f— up,’ the former NASCAR Cup Series champion responded.
The Hendrick star went about his business afterwards, ending up P4. Now, the question becomes, was Larson wrong for responding to Monn in that fashion? Earnhardt Jr. doesn’t think so.
“Kyle Larson, I think, is getting a bit tired of the prodding from those individuals that he relies on to support him. We’ve seen and heard this a little bit before, where his crew chief can be quite blunt and straight up with him, about what’s going on, or what he thinks he needs to do. Kyle Larson, you know, Kyle Larson’s not a guy that won’t use the bumper.
Kyle Larson’s not a guy that won’t lean on you. He picks and chooses his battles,” Earnhardt Jr. said regarding Larson, via the latest episode of the Dale Jr.
Download . “He can’t — in that instance, coming off Turn 4, [Denny] Hamlin decides to use him up and take the line away. There’s nothing really that Larson could’v.
