The NASCAR world is still buzzing about the fight between Aric Almirola and Bubba Wallace that took place a few weeks ago, which saw Almirola suspended by Joe Gibbs Racing.
According to reports, Almirola started the fight with Wallace, who he had gotten into an earlier fight with a few months ago. That led to that suspension.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. offered his opinion on the subject this week, but offered no insight into what happened between the two drivers.
“I don’t think we’ll ever really know,” Earnhardt said on the Dale Jr. Download podcast this week. “I could probably call Denny [Hamlin] and say give me the scoop, and he’d tell me. Out of respect to Bubba and Aric, it’s probably best that they be the ones to tell that story if they ever want to.”
Earnhardt added “Things must have really gotten heated in that room. If I had to guess, there’s probably a dozen people in this competition meeting. So you got a lot of witnesses, a lot of people to see how this all gets started or whatever happens.
“I would trust their judgment and trust Joe Gibbs Racing’s judgment to make the decisions and handle this the way they think they needed to handle it. If it was to suspend Aric and pull him out of the car, then I trust that that’s what needed to happen.”
Wallace refuses to talk about it and wants to focus on the future.
“They don’t want me to get into the details,” Wallace said at Nashville Superspeedway. “Keep some people’s images good. I think I said enough at Charlotte last year. So, all in all, life is good for me. That s*** happened over a month ago. A lot of good has come my way, and that’s what I’m focused on.
“Focused on getting our stuff turned back around, and you know, off the race track, I’m focused on my wife, and baby boy, that’s growing and growing, so that’s all you can really ask for. So things are good for me off-track. Not so much on-track. That’s what we’re focusing on right now. So, there you go. That’s the only question you’ll get,” he added.
It seems as if Wallace wants to share what really happened between the two, but it seems as if he’s been advised by his own team not to share the details.
But it is quite obvious there continues to be bad blood between the two that has yet to be resolved. It’s also apparent a lot of people know what’s going on, but are tight-lipped about it. That seems to be upsetting Wallace, who seems to be indicating that Almirola is being protected by not only Joe Gibbs Racing and NASCAR.
But you have to believe that if a third incident happens between the two drivers, whatever this secret is, it will eventually come to light. And it might be uglier than we all think it is.
There have always been fights and rivalries over the decades between NASCAR drivers. But this seems deeper than just two drivers having beef with one another.
