Dale Earnhardt Jr. is back in the Bojangles Studio for another edition of Dirty Air. After another frustrating short track race for the NASCAR NextGen car, there was a lot to get into:

Denny Hamlin/Marcus Smith Twitter beef

Martinsville Cup winner William Byron calls in

The sense of urgency to fix the short track package is FINALLY here

Sammy Smith tries out Cherry Lemon SunDrop

Dale’s advice for JRM driver Sam Mayer


During the Ask Jr. portion of the show, listeners wanted to know about:

Watching the solar eclipse

What the typical lazy day is like

Getting a shout-out from J Cole


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