Hater Trashing Bubba Wallace’s IMSA Skills Get a Taste of Own Medicine – “You Are Not Good Looking”

Cup Series driver Bubba Wallace is a master of epic rebuttals and replies when it comes to social media. The season is yet to kick start but it looks like Wallace has already prepped himself up for what’s coming ahead. There are critics and then there are haters who just do not wish a driver to get better and therefore are always up for an opportunity to bring them down. Wallace had a recent encounter with one such hater online.

The Toyota drivers, Bubba Wallace, John Hunter Nemechek, and Corey Heim made their debut at the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Event at Daytona this week. The event served as a good pre-season run for the trio before NASCAR races began. Competing under the Smooge Racing banner, the team managed a 27th-place finish. It wasn’t the best result considering a motive to win. However, making a meal of these results and questioning Wallace’s skills as a driver, a hater called out the 30-year-old online but he was soon put into his place with a hard comeback by the driver.

Bubba Wallace had a befitting reply to a hater online

Social media can be a tricky place for athletes. While a win or a driver’s success will see loads of plaudits and appreciation, a loss or below-par result could see the very sweet messages turn sour quickly. Bubba Wallace was faced with a similar situation after his showing at the 2024 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge at the Daytona International Speedway. In what was a debut event for him and his teammates, they managed a 27th-place finish while Riley Dickinson and co. won the event.

As soon as the results were out, a race fan took to X and aimed a dig at the 23XI Racing driver, writing, “@BubbaWallace You’re not good at IMSA. Just saying.” While most drivers would not respond to such criticism, Wallace is just not them. Next thing you know, he came out with an epic comeback that quickly put his case to bed. The Alabama native replied, “@RacingToDisney You’re not good looking. Just saying.”

Meanwhile, on the track, the trio of Wallace, Nemechek, and Heim piloted the Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO. They were successful in putting out 103 laps with a race timing of 1:55:396. Before the main event, Wallace qualified 20th of 28 on the 12-turn 3.56-mile road course. The purpose behind driving at IMSA was to get more seat time preparing for the road course races in the NASCAR Cup Series.

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The all-inclusive IMSA event did impress Bubba Wallace as he also highlighted the learnings from the event and suggested some of those should be incorporated by NASCAR.

23XI driver underlines the difference between fan experiences at IMSA and NASCAR Daytona events

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An IMSA ticket holder is free to access the Daytona garage while during the NASCAR races, it is only restricted to the teams. One more distinct feature of the IMSA event at Daytona is that the fans get to see 18 manufacturers put out their best machine in the competition when compared to just three by NASCAR. This all-inclusive environment even made NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace a fan of the event.

Days before competing at the main event, Wallace drew comparisons between IMSA and NASCAR Daytona events. He said, as per an NBC Sports report, “For us on the NASCAR side of things, we can learn a lot. Which is mind-boggling, because NASCAR owns IMSA, so we won’t get into that. But it’s just really, really cool.

“You have people that are car people, and they have dream cars, and they get to purchase tickets and come see those cars in person and see them race, see how they perform and give them that feel. And then they get to meet some of their favorite drivers and just get to ask questions about it and just get to free roam the garage freely and have fun.”

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NASCAR drivers can learn a thing or two about getting out of their comfort zone and this is what Wallace and his team tried to achieve at the IMSA Pilot Challenge 2024. How do you feel about the IMSA as a racing spectacle?