Bubba Wallace certainly landed himself in the naughty list after the Cup race at Las Vegas. During the race, Wallace had a coming together with defending champion Kyle Larson. Then, he did the unthinkable and intentionally wrecked Larson before storming up to fight him. In light of the drama, former NASCAR driver Kyle Petty gave his two cents on the fallout. According to him, Wallace deserved to be suspended for the rest of the season.
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He said, “He should have been suspended for the rest of the year. Rest of the year. He drives for Denny Hamlin, who has been vocal about safety. His teammate (Kurt Busch), the only reason he’s in the 45 car is his teammate’s career was all but ended because of an accident in this car that the drivers have vocalized that it needs to be safer. He turns a guy in the right rear into the outside wall intentionally. Steering brake? That’s laughable.”
What else did Kyle Petty say about Bubba Wallace?
It is worth noting that NASCAR suspended Wallace for intentionally wrecking Larson. This did not apply for the 23XI Racing driver exiting his car before a safety worker arrived. Nor was the penalty for walking down the track to reach Larson before shoving him multiple times, all the while, cars were racing by. Of course, Bubba Wallace apologized afterwards, for his actions, but Petty was not convinced.
He continued, “Turns a guy into the outside wall, then walks across the race track. First, you intentionally wreck somebody. That’s a suspension. He’s walking across the race track and cars are going by him on both sides. That’s not safe. That should be another suspension. Physically confronts a driver, shoves him. That’s a physical confrontation. If I do that on the sidewalk, I’m in handcuffs somewhere. So, he physically confronts this driver, shoves an official, doesn’t get in an ambulance, walks back to the pits, and then tells a fib. The lesson should be the rest of the year, just the rest of the year. That’s just me. My man Matt Kenseth, who didn’t speak to me for almost a year after his accident with Joey Logano got two races, so you can turn a guy right side, driver side into the wall at 180 miles an hour, and you get one.”
Now, Wallace is out for the race at Homestead-Miami, with John Hunter Nemechek replacing him. Hopefully Bubba Wallace have learned his lesson and reigned in his temper.
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