After Bubba Wallace was handed just a single race penalty, many criticized the easy punishment handed by NASCAR. Even Former NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr went out to speak his mind on how NASCAR should have handled the situation.

According to the transcript, Junior stated, “A lot of people thought that this was the right choice. I wouldn’t have made it. I don’t hate it, I don’t hate the suspension, but I probably would’ve went with the precedent because that is something NASCAR has used time and time again.”

“The other thing too, if they were trying to send a message, I felt like the points would’ve really got there this time because Bubba and his teammate swapped cars, swapped numbers, to be able to take advantage of a situation where they are moving forward in the owner’s points.”

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“Bubba was driving the 23, they switch over to the 45 car because the 45 car is in the owner’s points and if it does really well that means lots more money for that team. If you hit them with an owner’s points penalty, that would’ve absolutely got the message to team, driver, and everybody involved. Bubba would’ve felt the repercussions of that, felt the weight of that, and Bubba would’ve been able to continue to race this weekend.”

Fans react to Dale Jr’s thoughts on Bubba Wallace’s penalty

Fans were clearly outraged with the penalty handed to Wallace, they claimed that he got out easy in contrast to what he had done.

Fans argued that if they were Denny Hamlin they would have made Wallace sit out of the Cup Series for the rest of the season, to give him time to think about his actions.

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The 23Xi Racing driver surely seems to have gotten off with a fairly easy but has now cemented himself as the most hated NASCAR driver on the grid currently.