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Dale Earnhardt Jr. disproved of Sam Mayer’s blunt comments.<\/p>\n
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was not a fan of Sam Mayer\u2019s post-race comments following Sunday night\u2019s NASCAR<\/a> O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Mayer, who finished 24th in the Blue Cross NC 300, blasted the series by saying the entire field \u201csucks.\u201d<\/p>\n Earnhardt Jr., who will have Mayer back at JR Motorsports next year, did not approve of the remarks. The NASCAR Hall of Famer believes Mayer put a target on his back with his blunt statements.<\/p>\n Sam Mayer on O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Series Field<\/p>\n Following a difficult 24th-place finish, a dejected Sam Mayer did not hold back in his opinion of his O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Series competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone in the series sucks. There\u2019s nobody worth anything past 10th place. It\u2019s atrocious. I hate it. It\u2019s annoying,\u201d Mayer said<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mayer said the end of races end up being chaos. While the driver of the No. 41 said they normally race clean through the bulk of the race, things take a turn for the worse in the latter stages.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone just crashes at the end of these races and it just doesn\u2019t make sense to me. We can\u2019t go another 10 laps without hitting each other. It was a clean race all race and at the end of these races, everyone just loses their minds and it\u2019s just pathetic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n On a recent episode of \u201cDale Jr. Download,\u201d<\/a> Earnhardt Jr. acknowledged Mayer\u2019s frustration but disapproved of making an indictment on the entire NOAPS field.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know. He\u2019s mad. Sam\u2019s a good driver but, man, he\u2019s made his own mistakes. I think in those moments, you can be made and say, \u2018God dang, I\u2019m mad at this person.\u2019 \u2026 But you can\u2019t throw a blanket on the field and say the whole field sucks because now you\u2019ve basically got the whole field hating you,\u201d Earnhardt Jr. said.<\/p>\n Now that Mayer\u2019s opinion is out there, Earnhardt Jr. believes his fellow competitors will not give him the same breaks they might have before his comments.<\/p>\n \u201cHe just made things harder for him. Because now, if anybody was going to cut him a break, they\u2019re less likely to,\u201d Earnhardt Jr. said.<\/p>\n Sam Mayer Returning to JR Motorsports in 2027<\/p>\n In Earnhardt Jr.\u2019s opinion, the bottom line is that a driver cannot make a statement like Mayer\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t say the whole field sucks. You just can\u2019t,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The 26-time Cup Series winner joked, however, that with Mayer coming back to JR Motorsports next year, they can hold his feet to the fire over his comments.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s coming to JR Motorsports next year, so we can give him some [expletive],\u201d Earnhardt Jr. said.<\/p>\n Mayer joined JR Motorsports full-time in 2022 to pilot the No. 1 Chevrolet. The 23-year-old of Franklin, Wisconsin has registered eight career victories, seven of which came for JR Motorsports between 2022-2024.<\/p>\n In 2025, Mayer joined Haas Factory Team to wheel the No. 41 car. Mayer won a race at Iowa Speedway last year but has yet to win in 2026. He ranks sixth in the points standings with four races remaining.<\/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 Dale Earnhardt Jr. disproved of Sam Mayer’s blunt comments. 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