Brad Keselowski and Austin Dillon's wreck in the Cracker Barrel 400 at the Nashville Superspeedway grabbed a lot of attention, splitting the community into two. While some think it was an intentional move from Dillon to wreck Keselowski, others think otherwise.

And it wasn't just fans who were divided over the incident. Dale Earnhardt Jr. clashed with the co-host of his podcast, TJ Majors, over their differing opinions.

In a recent episode of the Dale Jr Download podcast, Earnhardt Jr. and Majors' discussion shed light on the Nashville incident between Keselowski and Dillon.

Majors, who is the spotter for Keselowski, was sure that the Richard Childress Racing driver wrecked him on purpose.

"I'm still the same way," Majors said, sticking to his belief. "I still feel like Austin was looking for him. I don't think he I don't know if Austin meant to turn him like that, but I do think. Austin was mad from earlier. He obviously was."

However, Dale Jr. felt otherwise. The former NASCAR driver spoke about having a personal conversation with the No. 3 driver and believed that Dillon did not do it on purpose. He said that Dillon would have informed him had that been the case.

"Yeah. I did talk to Austin," Dale Jr. said. "Austin told me that I was dead on," Dale Earnhardt Jr. said. "If me and him talking in a personal conversation, he would tell me he done it on purpose."

Notably, after the wreck, Austin Dillon took to his team radio and claimed his innocence. He asked why everyone slowed down and the field stacked unexpectedly. He also claimed that he was slowing down when he ended up hitting the No. 6 driver.

Brad Keselowski Blamed Austin Dillon for the Wreck

After Austin Dillon hit Brad Keselowski during the race, Keselowski believes it was intentional on his part. Sharing his thoughts after the race, the Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing driver left no stone unturned while pinning down Dillon.

"I don’t know. I know I got hit from behind,” Keselowski said. “Can’t really put myself in somebody else’s head. But it’s a shame. I felt like we had just made the adjustments on the car we needed to be competitive. It’s pretty clear he wrecked me intentionally after seeing that replay. So turnabout’s fair play.”

The incident took place in Stage 3 when Keselowski tried to cover Dillon. In doing so, he got bumper-drafted by the latter. That led to Keselowski spinning and hitting the wall, while Dillon finished the race in 18th place.

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Written by

Sabyasachi Biswas

Edited by

Arundhoti Palit