Long Before Bubba Wallace Assaulted Kyle Larson, the Michael Jordan Driver Was Fined $50000 for Wild Antics

Bubba Wallace did not do himself any favors this year with NASCAR fans and drivers this year with the ‘incident’ with Kyle Larson this year at Las Vegas. But this was not the first time that the two were involved in an on-track incident that divided the community. Back in 2019, while Wallace was still racing for Petty GMS, he may have intentionally spun bringing out the caution flag and in the process ruining Larson’s race.

Wallace said, “I’m not the only one to do it. He also stated that he “learned from Brad and Joey.”

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Following Wallace’s actions to intentionally spin to give a silent challenge to Kyle Larson. Wallace was fined $50,000 and his team Richard Petty Motorsports did not even choose to appeal the decision made by the officials. Earlier, Denny Hamlin had also accused fellow competitor Joey Logano to have intentionally crashed out to bring out the flag. But Logano never admitted to having done so on purpose, hence he wasn’t awarded any penalties.

Kyle Larson’s response to Bubba Wallace’s admission

Larson was not too pleased with Wallace’s actions and he stated that he could also do a similar thing, but that would only make matters worse for him. He also told the media personnel that he had not spoken to Wallace directly about his actions. He also kind of understood that drivers like Wallace were doing just about what they could to gain an advantage for themselves.

Larson stated, “My luck, I’ll probably get a flat on Sunday, cause a caution and I’ll get sent to the garage or something. I’ll get made an example of or something like that. … There’s so much data out there now that I don’t think it’s as much of a judgement call as people think it might be.”

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This was definitely not the first and the last time that a driver purposefully tried to bring out the caution to give them a benefit over their competitors. However, since Wallace had accepted that he did it on purpose, NASCAR was left with no choice but to hand him a fine. One would find it odd that just a few years later the pair would once again come to blows, only this time it was Larson who was getting pushed and shoved instead of just exchanging words through the media.