Amidst Bubba Wallace Investigation, Dale Earnhardt Jr Blames NASCAR’s Concerning Drawback to be the Reason Behind Fans’ ‘Manipulation’

It’s no secret that NASCAR fans are one of the most enthusiastic groups of people. After all, the sport offers a lot to viewers in terms of entertainment and technical aspects. However, what happens when the two worlds collide? After the governing body ordered an investigation into how a derogatory message directed at Bubba Wallace made its way to the #23 radio, almost everyone, including Dale Earnhardt Jr, is wondering if it’s okay for fans to have easy access to driver and team conversations.

In a recent Dale Jr Download episode, Dale Earnhardt Jr discussed last weekend’s North Wilkesboro incident where an unknown person hacked into the #23 team’s radio and left a derogatory message for Wallace. The hacker was heard saying over the radio, “Go back to where you came from. You a******. You’re not wanted in NASCAR.”

And while talking about it, the former Daytona 500 champion reminisced about a similar incident that almost resulted in a crash.

Dale Earhardt Jr shares how NASCAR fans tried to manipulate some races

During the conversation, Earnhardt Jr shared how some fans tried to manipulate a race by hacking into his team’s communication system. He shared,

“We were at Daytona during the July race. One night some fans on the radio ‘Clear, you’re all clear.’ And we were like three wide and they’re you know like jokingly spotting us into a crash. Trying to someway get us to make a mistake.”

Well, that could have taken an ugly turn. However, this was not the first time that the drivers encountered something like this. It seems like people hacking into the team and driver’s communication system was a frequent phenomenon. While talking about another such incident, Earmhardt Jr mentioned, “There was another race they were hollering ‘Park it! You need to park it! You need to get off the track.”

Confirming Dale Jr’s experiences with radio hackers, show’s co-host Mike Davis pointed out that incidents like these happened quite a bit at Daytona. He also mentioned that probably there was one person in particular who used to hack into the systems frequently. And maybe it was the same one who tapped into Earnhardt Jr’s radio.

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How did NASCAR react to the Bubba Wallace radio incident?

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It is great to see that the governing body took swift action to catch the perpetrator. As reported by ESPN, NASCAR spokesperson Mike Forde revealed that the governing body along with the security and electronics teams have launched an investigation into the matter. Moreover, he assured fans that the organization is looking for ways to prevent something like this from happening again.

He said, “We certainly take that seriously, no doubt about that. But we can’t have fans interfering with team radio and potential competition implications.”

As per a statement by a 23XI Racing official, Bubba Wallace did not hear the derogatory statement over the radio. The only back driver in the Cup Series currently, Wallace had already finished his race at North Wilkesboro before the unidentified person hacked into his radio. However, everyone, including his team president, empathized with Wallace and expressed their disappointment with the act.

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