Dale Earnhardt Jr Gives Thoughts on RCR Drama At Martinsville 

Watching it and listening to all the comments, what struck me was that Creed knew he needed to win and Hill needed to finish 2nd or 3rd to get them both into the final group. Hill on the other hand pretty much admitted later that he did not realize the points situation at all. If I were an owner, I would want to know why Hill was not aware of that. Seems to me that was Andy Petree's job and he failed in a spectacular way. Why put it all on Creed when he seemed to be the only one of the group driving with awareness of the team situation.

Kudos to Sheldon Creed doing what he felt he needed to do, so tired of seeing drivers being told what to do. Thankfully he did what Big E would’ve done and he hated having a teammate 🙌

Don’t think Creed does anything wrong. Hill door slamming him was uncalled for. So was RC’s and Petree’s reaction.

I had a different view prior to listening to Jr. Now, I agree that the biggest problem, if true, is Austin did not get briefed that Creed needed the win and he was good for the playoffs in second place.

Sheldon was totally in the right. Another thing to realize is that these drivers have their own sponsors they are trying to keep as well so they want to perform the best they can.

Creed didn't do a damn thing wrong. It was good hard racing for the win in an elimination where both drivers really felt they needed to win to move on. Niether driver did anything wrong it was a good run to the finish and a hell of alot of fun to watch. Having said that I've never really liked Hill's attitude and I think Creed is going to have a great chance to thrive at JGR.

Creed did his job. They both got a little rough as they wanted to win. Hill should have taken a second and let Creed go.

This has been RCR issue over the years they want to try and control there drivers it was good to see Creed wasn’t having it

RCR should have told creed to go by and hill could have blocked like hell to finish 2nd and they both would have made the playoffs. No communication to the drivers on the BEST option to benefit both drivers, I think that was the problem

Dale Earnhardt Jr will be running NASCAR one Day

Love the interview but what Dale did not say was what I think most of us have been seeing most of the season. What happened yesterday was another example of animosity , through the course of this season Austin Hill has had the opportunity to help his teammate in one way or the other but has not done so and what Creed did yesterday was race as a NASCAR driver and in his interview was very professional much different than Austin's. All Austin could say was he wasn't helping me at all well he didn't help Sheldon on numerous accounts especially the last two weeks I've seen it with my own eyes.

It was clean interesting racing. These owners forget the fans are why you can come back every week. So a show is what your there to do.

Perfectly explained !

Dale was definitely in team owner mode here which I understand. I hope he's more open and honest on his podcast.

Dale is spot on here.

It racing that’s it. Sometimes having teammates feels like you are strapped for what you need to do to win. I wouldn’t want that feeling that I want to win but after the race I’m going to get yelled at because it’s one or the other drivers responsibility to help there teammate if they can. It racing I would want total freedom so I worry about me winning for my own team.

You really think Dale SR. would have cared if he was in Creed position...... Its called racing... Richard should have never said that about his driver regardless if he was leaving. I wonder what he would had said if he had won!!!

It cost a lot of money to race and when one of the two have an opportunity to go forward that’s where the effort goes.Creed already wasn’t coming back so he should have been thinking about what his new employer might expect of him cause I don’t think it’ll be any different there but at the end of the day it’s called racing because everyone is trying to win.would it have mattered if he won?

IMO Sheldon Creed is a liability in RCR's eyes Especially in comparison to Austin Hill

I can understand richard bei g pissed cause he went from possible 2 cars of making the final 4 to none.

Want to talk about "Team Work" why weren't Hill and Creed working together to keep the others behind them instead of Hill jerking Creed around so Hill could win ?

No, unfortunate, is the word. If we are going to continue calling this racing then every man on the track must race.

My thought is when it comes down to the play offs as with regular seasons you are there to win. That's your job. If you are not in contention for the play offs you don't wreck those that are. Let those players get after it. As for teammates you should help them to a point (not wrecking someone so your teammate gets the win). If your boss (RCR) doesn't want you to go for the win maybe those companies should not have teams/teammates. Why did they hire the drivers in the first place? Maybe they just need somebody to bitch at because the other teammate is a crybaby!

and thats the bottom line! cuz dale Jr said so!

Clearly Creed drove the way a racer should drive at a short track when winning gets you in the final four. The dumbest owner ever is RC. I bet Creed can't wait to get out of there.

Hills a ho, creeds the king!

Reading the comments it’s like 99% of people don’t get it. The frustration was Creed pushing Hill out of the way twice. The outright ANGER was his brake check coming off 4. Id be pissed too and fire him. If he didn’t brake check Hill, he wins. Also he compounded the dumbest move ever by turning left into Allgaier’s door the entire straight, when he was behind. How on earth did he expect to get ahead of Allgaier while turning left in a straight line?

What Jr was too nice to say is that Richard Childress was a total unprofessional a$$wipe about calling Creed stupid. Lost all respect for him.... if RCR had thier act together, both drivers would be in the final 4. That's on Childress - he failed. Creed did nothing wrong.

Richard Childress has no class

Multi car teams helped ruin Nascar along with this nonsense segment racing and these all lookalike cars.

Dont blame the drivers, blame the busted ass playoff system

Drama Lama 🦙

To add insult you have a team owner (for whom I have lost all respect) telling his driver how "stupid" he is, way to go RC...

I have never seen, in any of Creed's interviews, has he ever lost control when speaking. He's had a tough season and to stay that cool when talking in the interview, is a tribute to him.

You had a 30 minute Red flag period. Team RCR should have put their heads together and come up with a plan but they didn't. RCR had plenty of time to privately talk to the drivers to set up a plan. Austin could have run second and protect the field from getting to Creed thus having both cars in the Championship race but we all know how it ended. No one can honestly say they were unaware of the points situation. These guys know where they sit on the points ladder on every lap. But hey, it made for great excitement.

Have to agree with him. While watcing it live I never saw Creed do anything at all "wrong". They was racing for the win, for a playoff berth and considering those things I thought the racing was EXTREMELY soft, Creed gave Hill TONS of room, hardly bumped him at all just enough to get under him and then still left him plenty of racing room. The only issue here is the media making one.

My only issue with the ending was Richard Childress airing, his dirty laundry on national TV. You leave that for the team meeting on Monday morning and calling Creed the dumbest driver he's ever seen was inexcusable like I said leave that for Monday morning and Andy Petrie, the same way.

Listening to Dale talk about these young kids who don't really get to know eachother because they aren't in the lower ranks long enough makes me feel bad for Justin Algaier. Berry is going to shr to replace Harvick because Tony said he was a turn key driver, but he is still a child in NASCAR's eyes and all of a sudden he's getting a shot in the 4 after winning a few races in the Xfinity series. And you have a proven winner in Algaier who is a nascar veteran who wins consistently for Dale. I'm gonna say it here, Tony made a mistake on this one and even Dale knows it because of what you don't see him say right before he leaves this interview, hopefully full interview will be posted. Dale is right, why didn't they relay the message to both teams, Creed could have won with Hill in 2nd but pop pop didn't tell them that, something even I knew and was expecting to happen then they start racing eachother and I'm like wth, why is Hill racing so hard when all he has to do is lay back and let Creed win and they have two cars in at Phoenix. There was a red flag and they should have had this planned, it was the stupidest move I've seen in years and the blame falls on RCR management.

It should be clear to everyone that Creed was supposed to let Hill have it in the eyes of Richard and Andy Petree. They can say whatever they want afterward this week to do damage control, but you can tell from Richard’s comments about Creed only and Petree attack on Creed on pit road after the race, that they expected him to layover and let Hill to have a walk off win. Bigger fan of Creed and not at all a fan of Hill moving forward.

Sheldon Creed did NOTHING wrong!!!! What RC, Andy Petrie and Austin Hill said was beyond unacceptable!!! I wish Sheldon the best of luck at JGR. I think he's going to be more successful there then he was at RCR because I think they will actually support him and this is hard for me to say being a KB fan and how he was treated on his way out by Joe Gibbs himself but these circumstances are different..

Jr just gets the world, that is racing. So well said from a level-headed, yet analytical mindset.

He literally mic dropped this whole Creed/Hill/RCR saga… nothing else needs to be said

Very well said...it's too bad RCR doesn't see it that way.

I like that line Jr had - When you put teammates in fast cars they're going to run up front and crash into each other.....He's not wrong.

The thing that drives me crazy with how nascar is now or since the 2000s, you can win 35 out of 36 races, but lose the entire championship because a tire blew, or someone took you out on purpose.

Not a Creed fan but, he did nothing wrong imho

Jr. pretty much sums it up.

Dale needs to get Creed on this weeks podcast!!

Petree acted like a little Bi&%h. How could Hill not know where he needed to finish. If you look at the replay Creed didn't "park" in the corner , his right front tire was smoking . He went into the corner to hot (trying to win the race) and Hill ran out of talent and ran into the back of him. Now RCR is trying to put all the blame on Creed. Look in the mirror Petree , Hill and Richard Childress (you hired them)

I think that the problem if there was one is that the crew chiefs weren't communicating with the drivers. If Hill just laid-back a little and let Creed win then both are in. With that being said I really didn't have a problem with the way they raced each other. I do have a problem with Richard Childress calling Creed a stupid driver. That my friends was uncalled for.

why did NASCAR put the last transfer race on this track because they knew this shit would happen and they love the chaos, both of those drivers we're going for the win which if they didn't have that mindset, their teams would be furious with them just the nature of the beast, and if Austin Hill didn't know that he could've finished second or third and still been in the final four somebody on his team needs to be fired. That kind of information needs to be relayed by the minute, and with all the cautions it would've been easy to keep him up-to-date with that information. so I think he was lying when he said he didn't know where he needed to finish. Sounds like BS to me.

Get outta that place Creed Move on You did nothing wrong

Maybe what happened was Creed wasn't supposed to be up there battling for it. Maybe the plan all along at RCR was to give Hill the best of things and Creed was just supposed play that second fiddle quietly. Somehow he still made the most of his opportunity and gave himself the chance.

I love how SR's reputation with RCR was 100% full send, smashing guys out of the way to win at all costs, but Creed showing a slight hint of aggression is way over the line.

His last point is very good and overlooked

RCR could have finished 1-2 with some communication. Reminds me when Logano could have helped Keselowski win the Daytona 500 but crashed them both.

Do you want to win? Do you need to win? Your team, sponsors, situations, your dedication, you go for it and no matter what, someone is mad, pissed, feel they've been wronged, whatever. You mean this has never happened before? Get over it. Too much discussion already.

Rcr is just a crappy nascar team now. The only half decent driver is kyle bush but his cars are crap.

Hill sounded like a young whiney spoiled brat.........Creed did his job & lack of crew chief communication cost them.

Well said Jr.!!

Funny how at No point did RC get on the radio to the 2 and 21 and told the 21 to let the 2 win for the Whole organization!!

"He didn't slam you....he didn't bump you....he didn't nudge you...He rubbed you....and rubbing son is racing." - Harry Hogge

YOU RACE TO WIN !! Bring back short tracks ,well short track racing at least.

My respect for Creed went way up. It went down for Hill and TANKED for Petree and Childress.

If you go out in the rain, you'll get wet if you don't have an umbrella you'll get soaked and if you're naked you'll get screwed. I don't get the complaining. All of these could happen and you needed to be prepared, if not, just watch! Great commentary form Dale.

It's all Richard Childress and Petrees fault..................

Richard Childress and Andy Petree can say what they want to say, but THEY blew it as management. HTH do you not before the race and certainly during the last stage and restart make sure that Hill and Creed understand the points situation. If they wanted two cars in the Final Four transfer was to have Creed win the race and Hill finish in second or third. It was right there in their hands and Hill wanted to win the race over being a team player. It is Hill, Petree and Childress that screwed the pooch, not Creed.

Why we talking about it? Creed didn't wreck anyone ha did the job he's paid to do,lets just move on to next week and stop crying about spilt milk 😂

Sheldon in my eyes did nothing wrong trying to win and make it to the final four he did check up going into turn four a bit but I think he over shots it if he doesn’t and hill just had to finish second and both rcr cars are in the final four and I do believe hill has been getting the better of the equipment because rc like hill

I thought petree and Childress were disgusting shame on both of them turning on a driver like this😈😈

The question should have been, what would your dad do in that situation? That’s an easy question to answer.

That would be a hoot if Creed won a championship for JGR next year.

Yep. What he said.

Excellent job DJ…..I think the competition director dropped the ball

Jr spot on as usual

Dale Jr nailed it.

If Creed “brake checked”Hill that was poor move on his part and not thinking. Creed HAD to win and Hill did not. Hills team should’ve kept him informed on his lead in front of Custer. Hill wanted to win but it was not a necessity. Too bad but is racing on a short track.

Very Simple America, Canada. That's Racing. The Winners are just that. Still think the independent suspension is not for Stock Cars 🇺🇸🏁. Go Earnhardt!

Everything on that last lap was fair. Game is shy track, racing for a chance to win the championship. Too bad for the bad feelings.

if they dont like racing for the win like this , GET OUT OF RACING

Dale Jr tells what really happened. Part of it. Quit being sore loser RCR your cars there till end just couldn’t get it done!!! Jr Motorsports!!! You boys was right there though!!!

Here's what I don't get.... did RCR really not setup a plan for the final restart....JR Motorsports and shR(custer) had a plan

Calling Sheldon dumb just shows how really ignorant and unprofessional Childress is after all these years 🤦🏻‍♂️ How is Peetree or Richard not aware Sheldon has too win and Austin doesn’t, not to mention he’s done won. Creed will get his first win in a Gibbs Toyota guarantee that

All this stupid ass "playoffs" and stage racing nonsense has ruined NASCAR. They need to get back to just showing up on Sunday and racing to win that race.

The stupid playoffs ruined the championship, all without bringing in those hip young fans they keep hoping for. Brian France ruined it.

I think Dale needs to be new nascar commissioner.

Don't think for 1 second that hill did not know the whole situation, If hill wins Creed is out and he is the man. Andy Petre reaction was disgraceful. RC reaction is typical for a wineO

Well said. Jr is the best. Always on point.

Andy Petree screwed up. He is the leader. He should have been looking at the points and communicating to his teams exactly what the company expects them to do to reach the common goal. Communication issues are the number one contributor to failure. I have seen it in my company and now we have seen it first hand in Saturday night's race.

Totally understand the drivers being pissed. But Richard calling Creed stupid shows that he has zero class.

Creed didn't get the memo to lay over and let A. Hole Hill win, Sheldon wanted to be in the playoffs too and should have been. Richard and Peter Puffer Petrie have lost all respect.

Total failure by management at RCR!

I was never so angry as I was at Petree and Childress for showing what asses they are. I will never be a fan of RCR ever. I feel for Kyle Busch being stuck there and having crap cars all year. 😢 I expect alot more out of car owners and their staff.

Can someone give Bob Pockrass a Xanax ? Dudes vocal cords shaking like a damn washing machine

Well, it's 3 days removed from the race. The thing that surprised me the most is how many people in the comments and the media that are sticking up for Shelton. I love to see it

When people will realize. Team mates are a bad deal. No driver should be responsible for any other driver or team getting in. That team needs to get themselves in on their own merit.

Dale Sr in the 2 Mike Skinner in the 21 , what happens in those closing laps? Go!

Sheldon Creed did nothing wrong… People need to get up off him

Maybe pop pop should put another grandkid in the car

I thought thats why you hired creed, to WIN races!!!