On the finish of Stage 2, Bubba Wallace was battling for a place inside the highest 5 and a handful of stage factors. Nonetheless, whereas getting into Flip 3, he misplaced momentum and slid up the monitor. He then pulled down the monitor in entrance of fellow Toyota driver Ty Gibbs. Contact was made and Wallace went spinning, denying him any Stage 2 factors.
After the race, Wallace had a tense dialog with Gibbs over what transpired they usually clearly disagreed.
“We’ll be nice,” mentioned Wallace. “He had the chance to provide there rather a lot and he did not try this. And so, after I instructed him that, he rapidly went on the protection and mentioned do not block. If you hit me sq. within the bumper, it means you simply ran proper into me, so yeah, that is Toyota teammates. We do not race very properly collectively.”
Watch: Wallace questions penalty, addresses Gibbs run-in
On Contained in the Race, former Daytona 500-winning crew chief Steve Letarte mentioned of the run-in: “I simply assume that is an excellent late block, and I believe Ty Gibbs — he can possibly stomp on the brake, however I simply do not assume Ty has plenty of time to react to Bubba proper right here.”
Veteran driver Jamie McMurray was aligned with that take, including: “Watch the hearth come out of the pipes of Bubba (indicating Wallace acquired out of the throttle). You do not have to go to SMT. In the event you simply watch proper under his quantity, you are gonna see that Bubba drives into the nook. You’ll be able to inform he begins to lose grip, he is in a nasty place due to the automobile in entrance of him. So he is shedding his momentum all the way in which to the beginning/end line. I do not know that Ty did rather a lot flawed.”
Wallace fought again to complete second with a way more pleasant push from Gibbs, however was stripped of the outcome after NASCAR decided that he handed under the double-yellow line on the final lap. In addition they mentioned that, calling it an “straightforward name” from NASCAR’s perspective.
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