Bubba Wallace has been fined $50,000 following a post-race incident involving race winner Alex Bowman at the Chicago Street Race, NASCAR announced July 10.
Bowman and Wallace made contact earlier in the Chicago Street Race when Bowman made contact with Wallace on lap 25, sending Wallace’s No. 23 spinning in turn 2.
Wallace went on to finish 13th, while Bowman won the race.
Following the race, Wallace made contact with Bowman, slamming the No. 48 into the wall on the cool-down lap. A similar but not identical incident between Chase Elliott and Daniel Suarez resulted in no penalties.
No other penalties were announced from last weekend.
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I must have missed the loss of points part. I also missed where you didn’t mention this till after the fine.
He’s currently 17th in points for the playoffs. There’s no way NASCAR was going to give him a points penalty now. Would love to see a few drivers below him in points get some wins and drive him further down from the cutoff.
Seems like Bubba can’t catch a break. Maybe Bowman will pay the fine for him.
Nascar’s biggest issue is consistency…..no matter whether it’s when to call a caution, who to penalize, etc. etc. They just can’t seem to be consistent. I know there are so many variables but why did Hocevar lose so many points and not in the 23’s situation??
Because if he lost points we would hear him crying and calling nascar racist. Also then Denny Hamlin would start crying too.
I’m not big on after race retaliation but I kind of thought it wasn’t that big of a deal. I don’t have a problem with someone venting their frustration with a bump on the side or bumper.
And after reading Bowman’s feelings he wasn’t too upset and even said he probably deserved it.
I think giving a guy a donut on the door or a bump from behind to make your point is fine. Spinning them out or putting them in the wall is over the line. Watching the replay, it looked like Bubba targeted the right front in an attempt to whip the wheel in his hands and/or send him nose first into the wall. Over the line IMO due to the potential injury component (broken fingers/wrist from wheel snap). Should have just doored him and not targeted that right front wheel.
Also, what happened to probation and double top secret probation? Did those end when Tony Stewart retired from driving? lol
In other news, it rained in Chicago last Sunday.
Capt. Obvious
NA$CAR is consistent in deciding on penalties depending on the owner of the car.
inconsistency rules!
Of course no points taken away for Ba Ba Black Sheep
After the penalties given to Carson Hocevar then the half black sheep doing to Bowman what he did in the very next race, Bubba’s penalty should have been a lot worse if NA$CAR wants to eliminate the post race crap. He should have been penalized more pesos, a loss of points and a race sitting on the couch at home. Otherwise NA$CAR is all talk, which we know already.
Well I would like to point out that a lot of you guys are absolutely right in what you say about the lack of consistency that Nascar has in regards to these situations. It is getting to be a joke! Does it matter now on who you are, or driver for? Bowman tried to get hold of Babba during the rain delay and apologize to him for his mistake but, Babba would have nothing to do with it. Instead he sat in his trailer or where ever, and cried about what happened on the track and planned on how to wreak Bowman back. The point I am making here is that Babba had a hour and a half to get his emotions in check and didn’t. Instead he wanted his pound of flesh and take it out on Bowman. Just like a little boy who got his first black eye or fat lip, he couldn’t leave it alone, couldn’t get over it . Babba says he wears his emotions on his sleeves well it is about time he got his big boy pants out and tried them on, because his conduct on the track is sub standard compared to how a real driver conducts themselves. You are over 30 now Babba, grow up! Nascar, needs to look at the over all record of this driver, when it comes down to the kind of actions that are needed in regard to this driver’s action when on the track. This wasn’t Babba’s first time. He has shown several times now and he has done extremely stupidity things when on the track after becoming involved with another driver. Its a long list of bulllshit from him. Nascar needs to take a closer at the driver when involved with these issues. AS for the $50 thousand dollars fine, it might as well been a wagging finger.( Bad Boy Bad )