Bubba Wallace break silence on $100,000 fine for Martinsville race manipulation with “agree to disagree” claim
23XI Racing driver Bubba Wallace has denied any wrongdoing at Martinsville following the penalty for race manipulation.
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The 2024 NASCAR Cup season hosted one of the most controversial races of the year last Sunday at Martinsville. The Round of 8 cut-off race saw the championship-4 being established with the disqualification of Christopher Bell for the wall ride and the alleged race manipulation involving three drivers causing the drama.
Ross Chastain and Austin Dillon were fined $100K, gave point deduction and two of their crew members were suspended for allegedly helping William Byron. 23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace was also given same penalty for helping out Christopher Bell by slowing down. Ahead of the Phoenix race Wallace broke silence on the matter, asserting he wasn’t involved in any wrongdoing and added that the team didn’t appeal the ruling sensing it was pointless.
We can all agree to disagree. Is what it is. We’re here at Phoenix…No. But at the same time, our team is Tyler and the 45 group have worked their ass off to put themselves in a spot to go for a championship. So, for us to make the decision not to appeal, I didn’t agree with that, but I understood once they kind of broke it down.
Bubba Wallace told Bob Pockarss.
Bubba Wallace said he didn’t think he did anything wrong at Martinsville: pic.twitter.com/IxgKAfd5oS
— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) November 9, 2024
He went onto assert that the whole 23XI Racing team was determined to help Tyler Reddick in the championship race, and didn’t want to waste any time on an appeal that was most probably a lost cause. So, they decided to overlook the drama and focus on the race.
We have to have all of our eggs in the same basket and time invested in the right things and at the right time. And the right time is focusing on the championship and the 45 and bringing home 23XI their first championship.
Bubba Wallace added.
Bubba Wallace admitted Martinsville was a frustrating week
While further talking about the point, Bubba Wallace pointed out that the No:23 team was running their own race at Martinsville and their attempt to keep Kyle Larson behind by defending hard caused the issue that slowed him down. The massive drop in their cars pace compared the regular season made it a frustrating week for him.
No. Nope. So, we were just running our own race, started to bleed there really hard. I tried to hold off the 5 from getting to the next lap car and just burned my shit up. So, product of racing and the frustrating part is we show up in the spring and we have a car that’s capable of winning, and then we show back up in the fall and we’re nobody. Super frustrating, it’s been a frustrating week.
Bubba Wallace said.
The comments from 23XI Racing driver suggest that despite disappointment over the race result and penalty, they have moved on. The whole team is focused on Tyler Reddick and giving everything to secure their maiden championship.
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