Michelle R. Martinelli

It's NASCAR's oldest and most pondered question, and finally the most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., offers his thoughts: Who in NASCAR has the most punchable face?

Turns out, it's one of his best friends.

So how did one of NASCAR's nicest drivers ended up talking about who he'd like to punch in the face on his Dale Jr. Download podcast Tuesday?

When longtime NASCAR reporter Jeff Gluck recently interviewed Earnhardt, he asked the driver to name a question for him to ask the next person he interviews, and Earnhardt really wanted to put that person on the spot. So he proposed Gluck ask his next interview subject, "Who has the most punchable face in NASCAR?"

Earnhardt apparently loved his question so much that he wanted to answer it himself when he and co-host Tyler Overstreet recorded their weekly podcast.

But first, he defined what exactly a punchable face is.

Via the Dale Jr. Download podcast:

A punchable face, in my opinion - and I think you might have a little bit different opinion because we've talked about this - a punchable face, to me, is just a face you look at and you want to really punch it. You might like the person, you might like the guy. So my punchable face is probably TJ Majors.

Majors is the spotter for Earnhardt's No. 88 Chevrolet, but they're also longtime friends. So he further explained why he wants to punch someone so close to him.

More from the Dale Jr. Download:

I don't want to hurt TJ. I like him - (he's) one of my best friends, he was the best man in my wedding. But man, wouldn't you just like to sock that face one time? Wouldn't you?

For a moment, all you can hear is Overstreet's laughter in the background.

Junior jokingly added that Majors often claims his podcast is better than Earnhardt and Overstreet's, so that just increases the occasional motivation he has to punch his best friend.