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Dale Earnhardt Jr Reacts to Hendrick Motorsports Executive Jeff Gordon “Paying Attention” to His NASCAR Driver
A brilliant performance in the NASCAR Xfinity series saw Noah Gragson come up in the limelight. The Rick Hendrick driver finished in fourth place after starting the race from third place on the grid in the Dover Motor Speedway. The performance caught the eyes of NASCAR Hall of Fame Dale Earnhardt Jr and Vice Chairman of Hendrick Motorsports Jeff Gordon.
It is believed that Jeff Gordon has appreciated the young talent and congratulated Noah on his Dover achievement. Gragson finished behind Josh Berry, who drives for Dale Earnhardt Jr’s team in the Xfinity series. The powerful duo of Dale and Jeff both had their fair share of words for the young Xfinity driver.
Appreciating the Rick Hendrick driver, Dale wrote on his official Twitter handle, “I think he’s a Cup level talent with more room to grow (upside). Also brings a lot of personality and marketability. Feel like he’s earned a full-time cup opportunity.”
What does Noah Gragson have to say about Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr’s appraisal?
Being a driver of Rick Hendrick, Noah’s connection with Jeff is an obvious one. The driver stated that he met with the higher official of Hendrick Motorsports after his Dover race. In an interview put up by Bob Pockrass, a NASCAR reporter, Gragson asserted about Jeff and his upcoming target.
Noah Gragson said he hopes Cup teams evaluating him look more at his current Xfinity results than his select Cup starts. He does have Cup races at Kansas and Charlotte coming up for Kaulig Racing. pic.twitter.com/i9zBEKIn3I
— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) May 1, 2022
Noah conveyed, “I hope they’re not looking at the Cup side yet, I haven’t had a really good run on that side, but I talked to Jeff Gordon after the Talladega Cup race. He was standing there and talked to him, he said ‘really happy to see you running so good in Xfinity’”
“Not saying that there’s any opportunity there, just higher people in the industry, he’s one of them. You know for me, I hope they’re looking at the Xfinity results. I’m putting in lot of hardwork for the Cup side but just the results haven’t been there but right now my priority is chasing Xfinity series championship and we have a good opportunity to do that. That’s my priority right now,” the Xfinity driver further stated.
Great job @joshberry and everyone at @JRMotorsports! 4 cars in the top 5 and another $100,000 richer! pic.twitter.com/xy3G2eLfX7
— Noah Gragson (@NoahGragson) April 30, 2022
However, it is not known how did the young driver react to Dale Earnhardt Jr’s appreciation. It’ll be interesting to see how Noah Gragson gets boosted after two of the heavyweights in the sport appreciated the young talent for his latest performance.
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