Dale Earnhardt Jr. has three-word reaction to Chevys allowing major aesthetic change for 2025

Chevrolet will field cars with their side skirts painted next year. The racing aficionados have been looking forward to this for a very long time now. When a fan on X pointed out how good the Camaros would look with painted side skirts, NASCAR driver Carson Hocevar said he was glad that Chevy would bring about the change next year. Even Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. made his thoughts known.

Traditionally, the side skirts have always been painted black, a color known to pair well with most other shades. However, from 2025 onwards, the section of the car beneath the doors will flaunt brighter hues. On that note, the fan wrote:

“I got curious how some cars would look if they had colored side skirts, and I'm still on the bandwagon of painted side skirts."

Hocevar, driver of the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevy, commented,

“so glad chevy’s are allowed to wrap side skirts next year 👌🎨”

Replying to Hocevar, Dale Earnhardt Jr. wrote,

“About damn time. 🤪”

Dale Earnhardt Jr., also known as Dale Jr. or sometimes just “Junior”, is the owner of JR Motorsports, a four-time championship-winning team operating in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Justin Allgaier, driver of the No. 7 JR Motorsports machine, brought the team its most recent series championship at Phoenix Raceway on November 9.

Dale Jr. also co-owns the zMAX CARS Tour alongside Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, and Justin Marks. Besides his responsibilities as a team owner, the two-time Xfinity Series champion is also the joint proprietor of High Rock Vodka, a handcrafted vodka company in collaboration with Sugarlands Distilling Company.

Traditionalist Dale Earnhardt Jr. can’t “look away” from the current playoff format

There have been a lot of controversies about the current elimination-style playoff format which focuses on the mantra: win to get in. Winning any regular season race gets a driver an automatic berth in the 10-race postseason. Through this format, an athlete finishing as low as 15th on points can also claim the championship title.

However, Dale Earnhardt Jr. preferred the old format, which allowed his legendary father, Dale Earnhardt Sr. to win seven championships. The playoffs, known as Chase for the Championship back then, used to end up being a battle of points between the top-10 point scorers across the regular season.

“I’m a traditionalist,” Dale Earnhardt Jr. explained in an episode of his Dale Jr. Download podcast l. “I think that the best way to determine your champion is the season-long race of running all of the races, the way we used to do it years ago. I feel like that’s the purest way to know that this person did it all right.”

Having said that, Dale Jr. also sided with the pros of the current championship format, which, according to the veteran racer, leads the way for a more action-filled season.

“This current format gives us better moments, gives us more drama. People can argue, and oh yeah you’re going to tell me look at the attendance, look viewership, all those things. I don’t give a shit. This stuff right now, the way they have the eliminations and all that, I can’t look away. It is here for a reason,” Earnhardt Jr. added.

NASCAR is expected to revisit the current format. It would be interesting to see what it looks like in 2025. With a trip to Mexico in place for June 15, there’s a lot to be excited about.