Hmmm why is earnhardt jr overated.....?

May be...

He is greatly overrated. He makes far too many bone headed mistakes for a driver with his experience. When he makes a mistake in the pits or something frustrates him, he drives way over his head and ends up taking other cars out. It's all about Jr. I'm sure he's the "most popular" driver(big hairy deal), but he is not even in the top 10 best drivers... Trust me.... Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon, J. Johnson, Harvick, Biffle , Kenseth, Edwards, etc..... are far better drivers than he his.
He's under the gun now because if he can't win with Hendrick, he just can't win.

this has been going on since dale sr. died.
look
think what you want.Dale Jr. has talent, and thats why people like him.

He's not overrated at all. He's rated where he finishes every season. Last year he was rated 12. The year before 14th, Right now 35th. Maybe by the end of the year he'll be rated 1st or 9th. Gosh I hate that word and it makes no sense. He's rated where he freakin finishes.

I do have to hand it to him, Fox and DW yesterday though. They earned an Academy award for their coincidentally and pefectly timed "Cry me a river" screen play. lol

Sadly because so many people expect him to be just like his dad, and drive just like his dad. The public has given him mighty big shoes to fill. He just wants to be his own man, judged on his own merits. He started out working in the garage doing oil changes at his dad's car dealership. He and his brother bought a kart to race and made enough to buy a car to race, and moved up from there. Give him credit for what he does, not what everybody thinks he should do!

*SHOQ*

Some NASCAR fans have always expected that Dale, Jr. would be "like his Dad". Dale, Jr. never was and never will be the driver his Dad was. There are many more drivers in all ranks of NASCAR that have not lived up to the fans' potential. Does that make them overrated?

Because his "popularity doesn't line up with his results"

Jr.'s a great guy, a good driver, and entertaining. Is he the best driver? NO. Not even in the top 5 as far as I'm concerned. Now for likability, he's COOL! And I think with the drivers and power at HMS he's going to get better, but right now...he's got to be in 7-10th for "best drivers" and even that's up for debate.

I was at the Daytona 500 with my sister. I saw an older guy there. He had on a long sleeve denim shirt that was embroidered over the left pocket with a green #18 Interstate Battery, and a white #96 Ask.com ball cap. I nudged my sister and pointed at him and said, "Now that's a fan any driver would want."
Also, during the 500, at the end of my row, was a woman who, EVERY time the cars came out turn two and headed down the back stretch, screamed "GO KYLE! GO! GO! GO KYLE GO" above the crowd and the engine noise. She never missed a lap. Not once. Not ever. And didn't lose her voice. It was only after Kyle wrecked that she was quiet.
As Winter Glory stated, it doesn't matter what other people think. By the numbers, Jr isn't the best driver. That didn't stop me from yelling and screaming when Tony pushed him to the lead in the 500. By the numbers, Kyle isn't the most popular driver. That didn't stop Miss "GO KYLE" from stressing her vocal chords at the Daytona 500.
People say a lot of things that don't mean diddly. Does it matter how Jr "got" where he is? Nope. He is a Sprint Cup driver and he has a huge fan base. Nothing can change that. I like Jr for a lot of reasons and most of them do not include his heritage, his wins, or his championships. (that last one is obvious!)
I just hope that all of todays Jr and Kyle fans are like the Bobby Labonte fan I saw at Daytona. True fans, through the good times and the bad.

i don't think hes overrated either Dale Jr is my fav. nascar driver it used 2 be Dale Jr and Dale Sr...(rip Dale SR)

I agree with Fedup 100%

Hit the nail..
Sorry guys, but he's speaking the truth.. come up with ANY other excuses.. he will still be what Fedup says he is... overrated...

EDIT: Forget his past, stop comparing him to other drivers.. ALL Nascar drivers are good drivers, at least better than all of us normal drivers... he's still overrated.. simple, obvious, evidently, clearly.. THE TRUTH..... THAT'S ALL, Jr. fans.. thats all.. just calm down.. can't you accept that... he gets more attention than he deserves.. had it not been for his father, Jr. would've been nothing.. nothing!!! That's why he is overrated..

T-bone, I think you have the wrong definition...

Hey, I'm not bashing, ranting, hating... I'm only giving my opinion, my view, and stating the facts...

he is a great driver and when he is in a slump he the haters out there talk smack

Man I went to the october race at Talladega 2001, 2002, 2003! I tell ya, %85 of the stands were RED. Its kind of hard to see it on tv. But even in his second year on the circuit, Jr. had almost all of the fans!

because of his dad

Why does it matter what other people think?
My driver gets bashed on, too.
At least with yours you get to take comfort in knowing you've got strength in numbers. Someone attacks Jr. 20 Jr. fans come to his defense.
Someone attacks Kyle, we've got a big what? 4 or 5 of us?
It's not a big deal. People think he's overrated? So what?

I am so sick and tired of hearing Jr this Jr that well if everyone that thinks he is would foucs on their driver and leave Jr alone we wouldn't have to worry about it then would we? People are jealous cause he's popular, and because of his last name. Well GET OVER IT JR HATERS he didn't ask for it, it just happened and believe it or not he cares alot (probably) to damn much about what his fans and others think. then we always hear...he's not his dad...WELL GET A CLUE HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE...and besides when he does act like his dad a little then the haters have to start their crying and say things like did you see what Jr did, or can you believe he was driving like that...WELL I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU ALL, IF IT HAD BEEN HIS DAD OR KYLE BUSCH OR TONY STEWART THEN NO ONE WOULD OF THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT IT. No matter what Jr does, the bashers and haters have to dog on Jr, that's all they've got to do.I guess. I still say let them worry about their driver as much as they do Jr and all would be alright. So I don't think Jr is overrated, his popularity is just the way the cards were dealt. People don't give him enough credit. They also don't have any idea what they are talking about when they say it was handed to him on a silver platter cause Sr made him work for anything Jr got. That's just something they'd have to think about, and it takes to much energy. The bashing comes easier. BTW I agree with your last statement and now I'll quit my ranting.

Dale Earnhardt never made it easy for any of his kids..
He sent Jr to military school.. Kelly volunteered to go along to keep
him from getting his butt kicked..
Kerry, and Jr wanted to race.. Dale gave them a junked Monte Carlo
to share.. They turned it into a race car (their money), but they had
a problem.. Kerry crashed the car on his week end, and they fixed
the car on Jr's week end (Kerry still crashes)..
Jr got his own car, and ran his own team.. Dale always thought that
Kelly should be the racers, she was better than Jr.. She went to school instead..
When Jr got pretty good, he got try outs (it isn't a bad thing for a race driver to be Dale Earnhardt's son, Kerry got them too)..
He went on from there.. At the time Dale had stopped driving Busch..
He had his own 3 car (DEI), and put one good driver after another in
the car trying to replace himself, and nothing worked, they never did the ride justice.. In 97 he tried Jr, and he passed the "test"..
The next season, Jr won the title, and the year after as well..
In 2001 DEI started as a Cup team built around the driver that gave him two Busch titles in a row.. Ask, Boyer, Burton, Kenseth, Edwards, or Kyle Busch how hard that is to do..

fedup, Harvick's better than Jr? He's got 12 wins since 2002, and hasn't won a points race in 2 yrs(if non-points races don't count for Jr, they don't count for anyone else either). And remember this from 2001-2003 Kevin was basically driving repainted #3 cars. Aside from the 2003 Championship Jr and Kenseth have very similar numbers(Matt finally caught up in the win column this year). The same with Kurt Busch. I'm not saying Jr's the best driver out there, but he's not the terrible driver that haters make him out to be.

i dont beleive he is but people say he wouldnt have gotten in without his dad but if that was so wrong we wouldnt have richard petty or dale earnhardt sr the 2 greatest NASCAR drivers...so why is he overatedstar wars galaxies trial key