“Stop Doing That” – Kyle Petty Demands Bubba Wallace to Stop Following the “Earnhardt Way”

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace blamed himself after the race at Michigan, despite coming home in second place. During a chat with Mamba Smith, Kyle Petty spoke about Bubba, reflecting on the fact that Bubba puts a lot of pressure on himself.

Petty also had some advice for the 28-year-old 23XI driver.

While talking on the ‘backseat drivers’ segment, Petty said, “I do think he puts too much pressure on himself and I think he needs to shift that.”

“He always looks at the negatives. Stop looking at that, stop doing that”

“Because you are such an asset to the team and such an asset to the sport look at the positives, look at what you do for that team and that sport.”

He goes on to say, “Listen, I’m a Bubba fan, from when he drove for my dad and talking to him and being around him. But I don’t want him to carry, you know it’s that Earnhardt way.”

“Earnhardt carried that legacy. Bubba’s creating a legacy, forget that, just go make your legacy.

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“Don’t feel like you have to drag one along behind you and I think sometimes he gets caught up in that. Just drive the racecar man, because you are a good racecar driver, you’re gonna win races.”

If Wallace, listens to the advice from Kyle Petty, it would surely ease off the pressure he’s put on himself and he’ll have more room to just focus on what he does best.

That way, he could slowly and steadily start winning more and more races and give a response to his critics.

23XI co-owner Denny Hamlin is really happy after Bubba Wallace finished P2

After grasping his first pole in the Cup Series, Bubba Wallace went on to a spectacular race but then got stuck behind Joey Logano and could only muster a P2 finish.

Wallace’s boss and fellow driver, Denny Hamlin was really happy with his driver’s achievement and had a few really positive things to say about him.

During the post-race interview, Hamlin said, “Just great job all weekend. He did a great job and Ty did a great job. The whole 23XI team just did a phenomenal job from beginning to end obviously a rocket fast car.”

“This was a well-put-together weekend for all of them.”

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Meanwhile, Hamlin himself finished right behind Wallace in P3. Kevin Harvick took the win at Michigan after building a gap from Bubba Wallace.

With this good performance for Wallace after Michigan, there is still hope for him to take a win and make it into the playoffs.