NASCAR Legend Slammed For ‘Reckless Stupidity’ opinion on Kyle Larson-Bubba Wallace & Denny Hamlin-William Byron incidents

The last month in NASCAR has been eventful, to say the least. Controversial incidents followed by controversial decisions from NASCAR have grabbed headlines. It starts with William Byron and Denny Hamlin and has now been topped by Bubba Wallace and Kyle Larson.

The ball was set rolling by Byron when he wrecked Denny Hamlin at Texas Motor Speedway. Since the incident took place at a crucial stage of the season, there was a lot of discussion around it. But what took the limelight was NASCAR’s decision or the lack of one.

NASCAR allowed the race to complete and gave Byron a steep 25-point penalty along with a $50,000 fine. Hendrick Motorsports appealed against the decision and got an easy win at the NMAP. The forum ruled in favor of the team and reinstated the points penalty in exchange for a bigger monetary penalty.

Now at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, another incident such incident took place. Bubba Wallace wiped out Kyle Larson with his Chevy in response to an aggressive move from the Toyota driver. But things didn’t end there. Bubba got out of the car fuming and charged towards Larson, shoved him, and landed a few meaty blows on him.

Social media and pundits have been busy offering their opinion and hot takes on the incident. But Michael Waltrip, a NASCAR driver himself, offered his opinion on it too. The take looks innocuous, but fans haven’t taken too kindly to his views.

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Waltrip looks to have stepped on a slippery slope with his comments. It is important NASCAR takes an apt decision for Bubba’s actions.

Twitterati tears apart Waltrip for his take on the Bubba Wallace incident

The former NASCAR driver posted the following tweet about the incident –

NASCAR twitter did not like his take AT ALL –

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Waltrip’s learning from this should be – anything you do will be scrutinized by social media.