Bubba Wallace, who is the first Cup Series driver to be suspended for an on-track incident since 2015, will miss Sunday’s race in South Florida.
NASCAR classified Wallace’s infraction as behavioral, which per the rule book could cover Wallace deliberately spinning Larson, his contact with a series official and his shoving match with Larson.
Wallace, who is the first Cup Series driver to be suspended for an on-track incident since 2015, will miss Sunday’s race in South Florida. Larson, who had already been eliminated from the championship chase, attempted a three-wide pass on Lap 94 and Kevin Harvick in the middle dropped out of the bunch. Larson slid up the track toward Wallace, who did not lift to give Larson any room. Larson then shoved Wallace’s Toyota into the wall.
Wallace had led 29 laps in a car he believed capable of winning and reacted by following Larson’s car down to the apron, where he seemed to deliberately hook him in the rear corner as retaliation. That sent Larson spinning into the path of Christopher Bell, a title contender who is part of the Toyota camp with Wallace.
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