Bubba Wallace will not compete in the next NASCAR Cup Series championship after deliberately crashing Kyle Larson’s car during a playoff race on Sunday.
Bubba Wallace has been suspended from an upcoming NASCAR event after he was involved in an altercation during the race in Las Vegas on Sunday.
NASCAR announced the news Tuesday on Twitter.
The suspension follows Wallace’s altercation with fellow racer Kyle Larson during the NASCAR playoffs.
In the clip share by NASCAR on news, Larson’s car is seen beating the Toyota 23XI Racing No. Wallace is 45 on the wall. Wallace then hit a Chevrolet No. 5 Larson, and the two vehicles rolled into the wall while the Toyota No. 20 Christopher Bell was in a pinch.
Things don’t end there. After they both got out of the car, Wallace stop Larson and punched him several times. An officer managed to separate the two.
The next day, Wallace apologized on social media.
“I would like to apologize for my actions on Sunday following an incident at the track involving Kyle Larson and car #5,” he wrote. “My behaviour is inconsistent with the core values share by 23XI Racing and our partners, who have played an important role in my extraordinary journey to the pinnacle of this great sport.” He later apologized to NASCAR, the fans, Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing, and Toyota “for putting them in a playoff situation they don’t deserve.”
He added that he “competes with great passion, and with passion sometimes comes disappointment. When I think about it, I should have represented our partners and the team’s core values better than I did and let my frustration follow me out of the car.”.
“You live and learn, and I intend to learn from it,” he concluded. NASCAR Chief Operating Officer Steve O’Donnell addressed the controversy Tuesday on SiriusXM Radio NASCAR’s “SiriusXM Speedway.”