Isn’t it so uncertain, life, full of surprises, always taking us by our feet, for better or worse? You think a certain thing would happen a certain way, and then it doesn’t. A NASCAR equivalent of this would be the current lineup of 23XI Racing after the suspension of Bubba Wallace.

The team started the year with Wallace and Kurt Busch, but we know the unfortunate circumstances with the veteran, leading to Ty Gibbs replacing him. Then, Wallace was asked to swap rides with Gibbs, driving the #45 as Gibbs stepped in the #23.

As things stand now after the #45’s act of retaliation in Vegas leading to a one-race suspension, 23XI Racing had to replace Wallace with John Hunter Nemechek.

All of this brings us to the present, where the team now has a lineup of Ty Gibbs in the #23 and John Hunter Nemechek in the #45. Curiously, though, despite the suspension being for only a single race, the #45 car had the name of the substitute driver all over it.

“Unlike the way teams often leave a driver’s name above the door when the driver is injured, the 45 Cup car has Nemechek’s name over the doors and on the front windshield and back windshield as Nemechek replaces the suspended Wallace this weekend at Homestead,” journalist Bob Pockrass reported.

This invited a lot of backlash and negative criticism from the fans against Bubba Wallace, some of whom suggested that this was an act of sending out a statement so that the suspended driver can get his head straight.

NASCAR couldn’t let the dangerous act of Bubba Wallace go unpunished

Soon after announcing the one-race suspension penalty for Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s Steve O’Donnell explained their thought process in getting to that decision despite there being other alternatives.

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“Our actions are really specific to what took place on the racetrack,” NASCAR Chief Operating Officer said. “And when we look at how that incident occurred, in our minds, really a dangerous act.”

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O’Donnell described the incident as being an intentional act that put the other cars at risk as well.

“As we look at the sport and where we are today and where we want to draw that line going forward, we thought that definitely crossed the line and that’s what we focused on in terms of making this call,” he added.

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