Posted on 10/19/2022 6:33:10 AM PDT by rktman
NASCAR announced Tuesday that it had suspended Bubba Wallace from the next Cup Series Championship event after his incident with Kyle Larson in Las Vegas Sunday.
After Larson's car forced Wallace's car into the wall, Wallace returned the favor by hitting the rear of Larson's car, forcing Larson's car to spin out. After the crash, Wallace got in Larson's face and pushed him.
Wallace had a tense conversation with a reporter after the incident, telling NBC Sports' Marty Snider to "stop fishing" for an answer he didn't want to give.
"My behavior does not align with core values that are shared by 23XI Racing and our partners, who have played a crucial role in my incredible journey to the top of this great sport," Wallace’s statement said.
"I want to apologize to NASCAR and the fans, along with Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing and Toyota for putting them in a situation in the playoffs that they do not deserve.
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Isn’t that racist?
No doubt nascar will apologize and reinstate bubba before it’s over.
After Larson’s car forced Wallace’s car into the wall..................No..................
Just send Bubba to the Back of the Grid at the next race.
The BLM crowd is salivating...................
Still think this was just a stunt to goose NOOSECAR’s sagging ratings...
Noosecar’s poster boy for political correctness.
Brian France must be searching the planet for a new WOKE driver.
His Will Smith Slap moment.
String him up!
NO, wait..... That’s just what he wants.
If all the moneybags people got on Bubba’s case about his thug behavior, he won’t cry “racist.” Big money income trumps phony claims of racism.
I wonder what the NASCAR of today would do to Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison after they took each other out in the final lap of the Daytona 500 when no one else could possibly win because those two were so far ahead.
The FBI will want to investigate.
NASCAR has, literally, turned into the WWE. In the past many years, NASCAR has become as fake as WWE. Bubba Wallace, and a few others, have ruined what used to be a great sport(?)!
Isn’t that racist?
Yep one of dem things that just goes round and round.....
Will he still be able to “hang” around the garage?
I would expect his redemption plan is to be found bloodied in an alley after an attack by a mob of Trump supporters wearing red MAGA hats over their white KKK hoods.
Kyle Larson squeezed him to the outside, but never touched him. Bubba hit the wall trying to avoid Larson’s car, but had room. He bounced off the wall into Larson’s car, which went down to the bottom of the track. Wallace’s punishable actions at that point were:
1. Intentionally accelerated and turned left into Larson’s right rear fender. Larson hitting Christopher Bell likely prevented him from backing into the wall similar to the accidents resulting in concussions and missed races for Bowman and Kurt Bush.
2. Exited the vehicle before the safety crew arrived.
3. Walked to Larson’s car, ignoring directions by safety crews.
4. Shoved Larson several times in attempt to start a fight.
5. Pushed an official who was trying to get him in a safety vehicle for the trip to the infield care center.
Any of these items deserved a fine, with the first one deserving the highest, if not suspension. On the one hand, he might have gotten off easy with no fine or point penalty. On the other hand, no one had been suspended at the Cup level since 2015. I’m not sure how much a suspension means at this point of the year, but I think NASCAR came down in the middle of the possible sanctions.
And another pasttime devolves into Thug World.
Wasn’t there some NASCAR guy who died because he was cutting off another driver to keep him from winning a race?
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