“Put the Fight in the Vlog!”: Julia Piquet’s Cheeky Dig at Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Company Has NASCAR Fans Talking

This season has seen Julia Piquet step into the NASCAR spotlight more than once, all in support of her husband, Daniel Suarez. Her social media activity has been quite the conversation maker, and in Las Vegas, more was on display when she intervened in a run-in between Suarez and Ross Chastain.

Chastain and Suarez, once teammates at Trackhouse, crossed paths while battling for 17th place on Sunday. When Chastain slipped past, he appeared to flash a finger. And the tension carried over to pit road once the race ended.

Suarez walked over to Chastain’s car, and the two exchanged words. The moment turned heated when Chastain placed his hands on Suarez before crew members stepped in and cooled things down. The exchange drew attention, including from Dirty Mo Media, owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr., which poked fun by asking in a post on X, “but what will Julia say?”

Piquet took the bait. “Tag me when you mention me, you whimp,” she replied.

Dirty Mo Media did not back down. Their next comment was an attempt to correct the spelling, writing, “*wimp @JuliaPiquet.”

Piquet fired back once more, turning the moment on its head. “Sorry. Keeping the spelling perfect across five languages gets tricky sometimes,” she wrote.

The back-and-forth entertained the fans, many of whom chimed in with remarks of their own. One wrote, “Guess we know who wears the firesuit in the family. We have our Delana Harvick for the NextGen,” referencing DeLana Harvick.

Another fan suggested the exchange might lead to Piquet’s husband paying the price, stating Suarez might not land rides with JR Motorsports in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series. “If Daniel ever wonders why he doesn’t get any more rides at JRM, this tweet will be why,” they wrote.

A third fan joined the chorus with a request: “Julia, put the fight in the vlog!”

This wasn’t Piquet’s first social media altercation with the NASCAR community. When Suarez locked in fourth place during qualifying at Phoenix Raceway earlier this month, Piquet fired off a message on X that many took as a jab at Trackhouse Racing, the team Suarez left before joining Spire Motorsports.

“Amazing the things one can do when you’re no longer just an afterthought,” wrote Piquet. That post quickly set a barrage of comments among fans online.

Well, Suarez himself has made little effort to hide how he feels about the split from Trackhouse. Since the season began, he has often found himself racing those cars with a bit more bite. With Piquet stepping in to trade barbs online, the saga between Suarez, his former team, and the chatter around it shows no sign of cooling off.