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.
You’d think Bubba’s fans would be up in arms...except he doesn’t have any. Except BLM who only want to destroy stuff and 99% of them probably haven’t ever heard of NASCAR.
probably a bad tipper too...
Many drivers get squeezed towards the wall on corners in many many rzces throughout each year, and they don’t foul it up like Bubba did. Bubba alone was responsible for over-reacting. Bubba had plenty of room to correct his car once the air in front of his car moved him up the truck slightly, like so,many drivers have done in the past, but he flubbed it up big time and blamed larson, and attacked larson in what could have been a deadly attack had larson gone into a roll as a result.
Bubba needs to at the very least be suspended for as long as larson was suspended for using a pejorative on what he thought was a private line. What Bubba did was far more serious than what larson did, and it should not be tolerated- lives were at stake, and Bubba has proven himself to be a dangerous and irresponsible hothead who erupts in anger even when he is to blame