Dale Earnhardt Jr. has a largely throwback All Star Race idea
Dale Earnhardt Jr. largely loved the All Star Race on Sunday afternoon at Dover Motor Speedway however largely as a customary race and never as a part of the lineage it represented.
To that finish, the Hall of Famer and winner of the 2000 working of ‘The Winston’ has his personal concepts with what to do with the occasion.
“We’re doing too much,” Earnhardt mentioned on his Dale Jr. Download podcast on Tuesday. “The (1987) race is famous. The (1992) One Hot Night was a legendary race. All these had been easy codecs — 50 laps, 25 laps, 10.
“You have your Open and a support system, O’Reilly’s and Trucks, whatever. … That’s all it needs to be.”
So, Earnhardt desires to run the All-Star Race on the Wednesday evening earlier than the Coca-Cola 600, giving the business an off-weekend within the course of. He would give Dover again his factors race. Its format would solely embody 20-ish vehicles, winners from 2026 and possibly the again half of 2025.
“You could even do the last 20 winners, 20 car field, that’s it,” Earnhardt mentioned.
He thinks it is vital to have an Open for the remainder of the sector to race their means in, however no fan vote.
“We’ll take the winner,” Earnhardt mentioned. “Not fucking second or third — the man who gained the Open will get in. So there’s 19 locked in and the winner of The Open to go race for a million bucks. That’s all that you must do on a Wednesday evening.
“You don’t need the whole damn field out there. You don’t need to wear everyone out and beat everyone’s shit up. You have a couple of guys in The Open to go out there and put on a good race.”
Earnhardt says that is an appetizer for the Coca-Cola 600.
“But most importantly, I don’t want them to get rid of the All-Star Race,” Earnhardt mentioned. “And you know why? For everyone who won it, it’s a kick in the balls man. It’s like getting rid of the Daytona 500. Why would you get rid of the Daytona 500? You wouldn’t. It’s a legendary race. If you get rid of it, all the history that goes with it becomes worthless.”
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