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Kevin Harvick was critical of Natalie Decker after the driver’s mid-race exit at Dover.<\/p>\n
Kevin Harvick did not offer sympathy to Natalie Decker following a controversial exit out of last Friday\u2019s NASCAR<\/a> CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Dover. Piloting the No. 22 truck, Decker pulled into the garage in Friday\u2019s race after an emotional meltdown on the radio.<\/p>\n While some have defended Decker for her emotions, Harvick is on the critical side. Given all the up-and-coming female drivers trying to make their way to the top of NASCAR, the 2014 Cup champion was not pleased by Decker\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n Kevin Harvick on Decker radio meltdown: \u2018Zero sympathy\u2019<\/p>\n On a recent episode of SPEED with Harvick & Buxton, the former driver of the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing car made it clear he is not sympathizing with Decker after her emotional rant at Dover.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m in the zero sympathy category. I think that racing is something that either you\u2019re good at or you\u2019re not. I don\u2019t like to see a mockery made out of what our sport is,\u201d Harvick said<\/a>.<\/p>\n Harvick went on to list a number of female drivers, such as Danica Patrick and Katherine Legge, who made significant impacts in motorsports.<\/p>\n On top of that, Harvick mentioned up-and-coming female drivers, like Isabella Robusto, who are trying to make a name for themselves. For Decker to \u201cthrow a temper tantrum\u201d and quit in the middle of the race in the manner she did, Harvick cannot sympathize with her actions.<\/p>\n \u201cAll the females that are trying to do it the right way by being good at their craft, and seeing the rage quit that she went through this weekend, I have zero sympathy for throwing a temper tantrum and blaming it on a series director and all the things that she said over the radio and all the things that happened before this. I don\u2019t have a lot of sympathy for this one,\u201d Harvick said.\u00a0<\/p>\n What Natalie Decker said over the radio at Dover<\/p>\n During Friday\u2019s NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Dover, Decker was called to pit road for a pass-through penalty<\/a>.<\/p>\n When Decker received that information, that was when her emotions began to take over.<\/p>\n \u201cYou guys I\u2019m trying my best to hold my [expletive] together but I don\u2019t want to keep doing this,\u201d Decker said.<\/p>\n Someone on Decker\u2019s crew assured her she was OK and to make the pass-through penalty, then get back after it. Then, team owner Josh Reaume told Decker she could pull it into the garage if she could not get going.<\/p>\n Decker responded emotionally and attacked the series director of the Truck Series.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s just so many [expletive] things that I could say right now, and I\u2019m just trying to keep it together, about the [expletive] director of the series,\u201d Decker said.<\/p>\n Decker went on to apologize to Reaume and say she was not going to return to the Truck Series. She also expressed fear in the online backlash of quitting mid-race.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sorry Josh, I\u2019m not going to come back to the Truck Series. I\u2019m staying in the O\u2019Reilly Series, this series [expletive] sucks. The amount of hate I\u2019m going to get online for this is just going to be insane. I\u2019m not ready,\u201d Decker said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Despite fears of getting suspended by NASCAR<\/a>, Decker was not punished for her actions.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tJohn Breeden<\/a> John Breeden is a NASCAR contributor at Heavy Sports. He has five years of sports journalism experience. He graduated from James Madison University in May of 2022 with a degree in media arts and design. John is also a sports reporter for the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Previously, John was a sports writer for JMU’s The Breeze and a NASCAR content writer for Sportskeeda. More about John Breeden<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Kevin Harvick was critical of Natalie Decker after the driver’s mid-race exit at Dover. 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