Bubba Wallace feels that maybe NASCAR officials and others have been tougher on him than other drivers. Wallace is talking about an incident that took place back in May when he flashed his middle finger at a camera during an interview after a race.
Wallace was heavily criticized for the incident. And despite that, NASCAR did not punish him for it, which is why it is a surprise that he feels like he was still treated unfairly.
But Wallace feels like his incidents become more magnified by the public because it’s him.
@BubbaWallace talks about his tendency for flipping the bird and why he plans to stop doing it. pic.twitter.com/Gtq1aR3t5w
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“People think that I love to stay in the headlines for different reasons, and I actually hate it,” Wallace said candidly on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. “It’s funny how it all works out. The fingers become such a big thing when Bubba Wallace does it, but you have guys that get wrecked, and they walk on the track and shoot one bird or shoot the double bird, and we laugh about it and move on. We tell them that they’re No. 1.”
It’s been well–documented how Wallace has been treated over the years on the NASCAR circuit and yet despite that, he has been able to tune out the noise.
“But when Bubba Wallace does it, we gotta shut the whole state down, shut the whole series down, kick him out, suspend him, so, on that side of things, it’s complete BS,” added Wallace. “But it is what it is. It’s been going on for years, and it sounds like I just invented something new. And we know how some of these people that are part of this sport hate when Bubba Wallace brings in something new.”
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