When Dale Earnhardt Jr. asks for something, you deliver (unless you’re Noah Gragson and your boss tries to hand you a beer).
Dale Jr. was in the booth for the wild race at Pocono Raceway this past Sunday afternoon, which saw Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing disqualified due to an impermissible extra layer of tape over each corner of the front facia ahead of the wheel openings, which played into the aerodynamics and ultimately made the cars a lot faster than everybody else’s, clearly.
Denny initially took the checkered flag during the NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway, beating out his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle for his third victory of the season.
JGR announced yesterday that they won’t appeal the decision (because they were caught red-handed and I guess figured there’s no getting out of this one), cementing the third-place car of Chase Elliott as Sunday’s official winner:
But aside from the race itself, there were some wild items left behind in the infield and Dale Jr. wanted to see what it all was.
Talladega Superspeedway has a great tradition of sharing all the wacky items people leave behind every Monday morning after a big race there, and Junior noticed how many campers were at the Pocono race and wanted them to share, as well.
Of course, Pocono Raceway happily obliged after Jr. tweeted:
“Ok, Pocono Raceway there was a full house of campers in the infield for todays race. Imma need a TALLADEGA style thread tomorrow on all the weird shit left behind.”
Here’s some of the stuff that got left behind this year:
First up. 🛋🧢 pic.twitter.com/Y9MjAgQbQ9
— Pocono Raceway (@PoconoRaceway) July 26, 2022
We were gonna flip it over but thought better of that. pic.twitter.com/K696HgfEKc
— Pocono Raceway (@PoconoRaceway) July 26, 2022
Hope you don’t need a spare on the way home. pic.twitter.com/MHD5BMD0Za
— Pocono Raceway (@PoconoRaceway) July 26, 2022
Yikes. pic.twitter.com/55XYWouPxU
— Pocono Raceway (@PoconoRaceway) July 26, 2022
If you are going to leave your grill, at least invite us over for dinner on Sunday night. pic.twitter.com/Fri9Ztpjon
— Pocono Raceway (@PoconoRaceway) July 26, 2022
Must have actually been an @Eagles fan… pic.twitter.com/PZi64CQdVn
— Pocono Raceway (@PoconoRaceway) July 26, 2022
🎶 I’m the generator
Firing whenever you quit- Foo Fighters 🎶 pic.twitter.com/oym8q1wKS0— Pocono Raceway (@PoconoRaceway) July 26, 2022
Oh 💩🚽 pic.twitter.com/lCtz4v4vaa
— Pocono Raceway (@PoconoRaceway) July 26, 2022
A Pocono water bed. pic.twitter.com/LsyFwedC81
— Pocono Raceway (@PoconoRaceway) July 26, 2022
.@StefanParsons_ coulda used this for his water adventure Friday night. pic.twitter.com/R3JCRWpawL
— Pocono Raceway (@PoconoRaceway) July 26, 2022
Keeping with the water feature theme. pic.twitter.com/d20pX0fEV2
— Pocono Raceway (@PoconoRaceway) July 26, 2022
We thought you’d like this last one @DaleJr!
Thanks for the idea and big thanks to @TALLADEGA for creating this post-race content gold. Hope you don’t mind we joined the fun. 👍 pic.twitter.com/kjni4jqbxz
— Pocono Raceway (@PoconoRaceway) July 26, 2022
And my personal favorite, this pink #3 car that is made for a small child but I would love to take a spin around the track in:
Back to land… This sick ride must have made some serious laps on the infield road course. #3 pic.twitter.com/jrSYJQzzlp
— Pocono Raceway (@PoconoRaceway) July 26, 2022
And in case you missed the race on Sunday, here’s the extended highlights from the M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400:
