Bubba Wallace’s Controversial Vow to Pull a Denny Hamlin Contradicts Dale Jr, Kyle Larson & William Byron’s “Moron” Theory

Just how many times have we seen a driver leading a race, and then out of nowhere, he gets wrecked by someone else who goes on to win the race? In those situations, it’s not uncommon for the victim to go on and make their feelings pretty clear to the guy who was the cause of the said feelings. Bubba Wallace, too, is no different.

In a recent interview with Jeff Gluck of The Athletic, the 23XI Racing was asked whether he would interrupt the celebration of a driver who wrecked him to win the race.

Anyway, Wallace had a very clear-cut answer to that. “No doubt, no doubt,” he said, to which Gluck asked, “You’d pull the Denny on Bowman at Martinsville last year?”

“Yeah, depending on how bad the wreck was, it might go to a further extent than just nudging up against them,” Wallace said.

“No doubt.”

The interviewer underlined how quick the #23 driver was to answer this question, whereas other drivers in the past had to think about their answers, or even shy away and say something diplomatic.

“If it’s coming down to the last corner — say at the Glen and you’re 10 car lengths ahead and next thing you know, you’re in the fence? Oh yeah, it’s going down,” the 23XI Racing driver emphasized.

The Hendrick trio who wouldn’t do what Bubba Wallace said in a similar situation

While Bubba Wallace made his stance pretty clear on the subject of interrupting a driver’s celebration that wrecked him to win, there are a few big names who would do otherwise.

Those big names are Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Larson, and William Byron.

First up, Dale Jr., who described how once a driver is in the winner’s circle, he shouldn’t be interrupted regardless of how much wrong he may have done to you in the race.

Why?

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“Because it’s more than a driver. There’s a team celebrating and there’s an owner and sponsors,” he added.

Kyle Larson too, said he wouldn’t do the same simply because he doesn’t like drama. “You end up looking kind of stupid. I feel like you would want to get them back in a racing situation,” he described.

“If you do something like Denny, then you kind of lose a little bit of an edge on your payback down the road.”

Lastly, there’s William Byron who kept it really simple: “Because I’d feel like a moron.”

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