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DAYTONA, FL – FEBRUARY 16: Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 McDonald’s 23XI Racing Toyota Camry, fields questions from the media during Daytona 500 Media Day on February 16, 2022 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fl. (Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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DAYTONA, FL – FEBRUARY 16: Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 McDonald’s 23XI Racing Toyota Camry, fields questions from the media during Daytona 500 Media Day on February 16, 2022 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fl. (Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Bubba Wallace’s father, Darrell Wallace Sr, once became emotional while talking in an exclusive interview regarding the aftermath of his son’s garage pull incident that brought out support from every other driver on the grid. Even though his father never appeared in Bubba Wallace’s Netflix documentary, he later showed up in an exclusive with CBS, where he spoke about the controversies he saw his son surrounded by and the fact that multiple other drivers stood beside him in solidarity.
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After being asked how Wallace’s father felt after he saw all the drivers support his son before the race, he stated, “I texted to my family, ‘Who’s chopping onions?’ Because they was texting, everybody was crying.” Before he could say anymore Darrell Wallace Sr became overwhelmed with emotions and could not talk further.
However, the relationship between him and his father was not always this rosy. There apparently was a dark time when the relationship between Wallace and his father had soured.
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Bubba Wallace once had a physical altercation with his father
During the Dale Jr Podcast, Wallace revealed how his mother was close to him and how she once told him that she and his dad “got in into it”. Wallace stated that he could not hold his rage behind and drove all the way to his father to engage in a physical altercation.

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Jul 3, 2022; Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Bubba Wallace (23) before the start of the KWIK TRIP 250 at Road America. Mandatory Credit: Mike Dinovo-USA TODAY Sports
Wallace stated, “The light switch went off, I got in my truck and went over and fought my dad, like swinging fists, just did before I thought. A physical altercation. For 15 years of racing, it was me and him. And then that day, that was it.”
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He mentioned that ever since that altercation his family spit in two halves. However, on the bright side, according to Wallace, he and his dad have been making some progress since 2019.
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