Dale Earnhardt Jr. Explains Tweet Calling Out 'Bull Crap' Broadcast Issues

Dale Earnhardt Jr. isn't a fan of the way Fox's NASCAR broadcast followed the action last weekend.

Earnhardt Jr. made waves when he posted to X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday about how tight the camera angles were to the action, which made it difficult to see the battles between different cars.

"Can't see everything," Earnhardt Jr. wrote. "There is a s*** ton going on out there."

On a Wednesday episode of his podcast, Earnhardt Jr. expanded on and clarified his thoughts.

"Since right now I'm not working for any network, I felt like that allowed me to be a little more sharing," he said. "I'm not picking on Fox, I'm not saying they do things differently than NBC did things."

Earnhardt Jr. was an analyst for NBC from 2018 until his contract ran out in 2023. He said earlier this month that his contract has not been renewed yet.

In the interim, he made it clear he wants to see races depicted better on TV broadcasts.

"I am always of the opinion that getting more cars on the screen is a good thing, especially when all those cars are doing some things, racing and battling," the 49-year-old Hall-of-Famer said. "The more cars you can put on the screen, the more I as a broadcaster can talk about 'look at that, look at that.' And if they are not on the screen, I can't say, 'Hell of a battle right there' when you can't even see it at home."

Earnhardt Jr. noted that there were multiple moments where a shot on TV would have 12 cars before zooming in to just two or three. At one point, the action zoomed in to the top three cars and followed them through two turns before switching to the car in 10th place.

"How did it happen?" Earnhardt Jr. asked. "If it had been on the screen with everyone else, I would have seen it play out live. So whether they are truly capable at all times of giving me as a fan—the viewer—that, I'm not entirely sure. My b******* and moaning is probably for nothing a lot of the time. But I know sometimes they can get a little wider, and I'm just asking for it, but I've never felt comfortable saying it until now."

Newsweek reached out to FOX Sports by email on Thursday morning requesting comment.

Earnhardt Jr. said that networks tell their broadcasters not to react to things that aren't on the screen because viewers can't see it, which he called "B.S." He described how he wants broadcasts to balance their shots.

"You're looking for battles," Earnhardt Jr. said. "You're trying to tell the camera guys what battles are about to happen so they can put that battle on the screen because we need to show cars racing, side by side, passing. If there's a pass for position in the top 10, and the TV viewer at home didn't get to see it, that's bull crap. We don't want that to happen. So that's something you're doing in the booth all the time."