NASCAR Will Be Taking Closer Look At Bubba Wallace Incident originally appeared on The Spun.
NASCAR drivers Bubba Wallace and Alex Bowman have a bit of a history in recent years and that once again came to a head in Chicago this past weekend.
While battling for position in the Grant Park 165, Bowman spun out the 23XI wheelman on Lap 70 which led to an eventual P28 finish for the 31-year-old Cup Series star.
After the race Wallace and Bowman appeared to have a conversation about what transpired. And while it didn’t look like things got too heated, NASCAR insiders Jordan Bianchi and Jeff Gluck believe the sport’s governing body is going to take a good look at what went down.
“NASCAR will be taking a closer look at Bowman versus Bubba,” Gluck shared on the latest episode of “The Teardown.” “That was what I was told. At first I was like, ‘Oh, Bowman just dumped him.’ It looked like Bowman might’ve right-reared him. Then, on another replay I saw, it was like, ‘Oh, maybe Bubba cleared himself across.'”
“Bowman said he thought that he was being pinballed between the wall and Bubba, and that’s what happened,” Gluck continued. “He, of course— you have to say this… He said he didn’t right-rear him on purpose. So, yeah— I don’t know about that.”
As for Bianchi, he believes Wallace made the wrong decision trying to engage with Bowman and shared that he might’ve cost himself some very important points leading up the the playoffs.
“It was a driver in Bubba Wallace who cost himself today a lot of points,” Bianchi argued. “… I don’t know if it’s just in the heat of the moment. You’ve had a frustrating day and you’re getting bounced around again. That’s tough, but you have to rein that in. And it’s hard. I get that. … But he’s in a very precarious spot.”
It’s hard to imagine that this will be the last chapter of Bubba and Alex’s rivalry. We’ll see in due time how hard NASCAR decides to come down on each respective party when its time to hand out penalties.
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NASCAR Will Be Taking Closer Look At Bubba Wallace Incident first appeared on The Spun on Jul 7, 2025
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