NASCAR: Like it or not, Kevin Harvick is 100% correct

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WATKINS GLEN, NY – AUGUST 05: Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Busch Beer Ford, stands in the garage area during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series I Love NY 355 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International on August 5, 2017 in Watkins Glen, New York. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) /

While NASCAR’s fanbase continues to decline, fans are searching for answers. When Kevin Harvick offered his take on a possible cause, however, fans were quick to jump down his throat despite the fact that he is 100% correct.

Kevin Harvick recently made headlines for his controversial comments about Dale Earnhardt Jr., NASCAR‘s 14-time defending Most Popular Driver Award winner, and how he feels that it has been Earnhardt Jr. who has stunted the growth of the sport.

Kevin Harvick’s comments

"“(Earnhardt) hasn’t been anywhere close to being our most successful driver. When you look at other sports – you look at basketball and you look at football and you look at their most popular (athletes), they’re also right on the top of the list as their most successful (athletes).” “So for me I believe that Dale Jr. has had a big part in stunting the growth of NASCAR because he’s got these legions of fans and this huge outreach of being able to reach these places that none of us have the possibility to reach. But he’s won nine races in 10 years at Hendrick Motorsports and hasn’t been able to reach outside of that. So I know that those aren’t the most popular comments, but those are real life facts that you look up and see on the stat sheet.”"

"@DaleJr has had a big part in kind of stunting the growth of @NASCAR." -@KevinHarvick on #HappyHours Check It Out 👉 https://t.co/q6rUGheSUN pic.twitter.com/1GlB69LCLN
— SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Ch. 90) (@SiriusXMNASCAR) August 9, 2017

Dale Earnhardt Jr. responded to Harvick’s comments.

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