Bubba Wallace Issues Apology After Attacking Kyle Larson at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Bubba Wallace issued an apology after he attacked Kyle Larson at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the South Point 400.
Bubba Wallace via NASCAR YouTube
During the race, Larson had a big run coming off turn two and hoped to use it diving to the bottom of both Kevin Harvick and Wallace. He was able to clear Harvick who appeared to get out of the gas avoiding going three-wide. However, Larson was unable to clear Wallace who carried his momentum through the corner.
As they were going through the corner Larson appeared to get a little loose and chased his car up the track. The two didn’t appear to make contact, but Larson definitely limited the amount of track Wallace had to work with and the driver of the No. 45 Toyota slammed hard into the outside wall coming out of turn four.
Bubba Wallace, Kyle Larson, and Kevin Harvick via NASCAR YouTube
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After contact with the wall, he bounced back into Larson, who quickly attempted to avoid Wallace by diving down to the inside of the track. Wallace chased him down the track and purposely clipped Larson’s right rear quarter panel. The contact would send Larson spinning up the track into Christopher Bell and the outside wall.
Wallace would also spin up the track and smack the wall, nose first.
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Following the on-track attack when the two vehicles eventually came to a stop Wallace exited his car and slowly walked down to where Larson’s car had come to a stop. When Wallace arrived at Larson’s car it appears he had some quick words with Larson before he began shoving him back into Larson’s car.
Larson does not engage and attempts to keep Wallace at bay who continues to close in on him. Larson does eventually give a shove to keep Wallace from furthering closing in on him. However, Wallace continues to shove him.
Finally, a track official arrives on the scene and separates the two drivers.
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Following the race, Wallace was unapologetic claiming he lost steering.
He told NBC Sports, “Cliff’s smart enough to know how easy these cars break so when you get shoved into the fence, deliberately like he did, trying to force me to lift, steering was gone. Just so happened to be there.”
“Hate it. Hate it for our team. Fast, super fast car. Had no short run speed. As you were seeing, we were kind of falling there. Larson wanted to make a three-wide dive bomb, never cleared me. I don’t lift so I know I’m kind of new to running up front, but I don’t lift. Wasn’t even a spot to lift and he never lifted either and now we’re junk. Just a piss poor move on his execution,” Wallace added.
Bubba Wallace via
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