Dale Earnhardt Jr. believes that NASCAR should not have changed the focus of throwback weekend away from the paint schemes.

“I'm like, you know, I'm reading on social media and as Bob Pacris and some other people are talking about how they're going to celebrate some of the um some of the, you know, the the past champions and and legends of the sport at Darlington. Fans are like, "Well, I wish the I wish throwback weekend ”

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. does not believe that NASCAR's fines for physical altercations are motivated by driver safety concerns.

“I mean I I don't think it's protection in my opinion. I think we all can handle ourselves out there. So um I mean we drive race cars at 200 miles an hour. Um you know getting an altercation after the races. Uh safety's definitely not a concern of mine.”