“He Was My Leading Candidate for What an Idiot” – Bubba Wallace’s Spotter Narrates a Story About Derek Kraus and His 21st Birthday Adventures

NASCAR spotters always have interesting stories to share about drivers that may not come to light otherwise. Recently, NASCAR Truck Series driver Derek Kraus turned 21 and Bubba Wallace’s spotter, Freddie Kraft, narrated a story of how he took Kraus out for dinner to celebrate the occasion only for it to take a turn for the worst.

Talking about Kraus’ 21st birthday, Kraft stated, “Turned 21 on Thursday, and he was my leading candidate for what an idiot because he called me on… maybe it was a week before, and he was like, Hey I’m coming to Charlotte, I’ll be home, in Charlotte for my birthday can you take me out for my 21st birthday.”

“I was like, I mean I can, I don’t really know if you want that to happen so, he called me what do you want to do, he was talking about dinner, it was early probably about 6 o’clock.”

He continued, “And my 21st birthday, I don’t think I drank a lot of beer back then but I guess it was more liquor, but I kinda assumed him being a kid from Wisconsin like he’s gonna drink beer. And I’m like what do you want to drink, he’s like I want a captain and coke, and it’s 6 o’clock and I was like oh boy, this is gonna be a long day.”

“So we got a couple of drinks at dinner. We went to the kilted buffalo, a cool bar in LangTree over there and that’s where things took a turn to the worst.”

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Kraft went on to explain how Kraus almost got into a fight with the bouncer when trying to walk out of the bar to talk to his grandfather with a drink in his hand. At the end of the day, Kraus finally ended up barfing in the parking lot.

Who is Derek Kraus?

Derek Kraus is currently in his third season in the NASCAR Truck Series, driving for the McAnally-Hilgemann Racing team.

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Before joining the Truck Series, Kraus was in both of the ARCA Menards Series. He also happens to be the winner of the 2019 ARCA Menards Series West championship and has been consistently scoring points all along his junior career.