CONFIRMED: Bubba Wallace faces a 10-game SUSPENSION, $100,000 fine after NASCAR cited his uncontrolled use of foul language during a recent speech following the Phoenix disaster…see
Wallace’s rising frustration reached its peak at the Shriners Children’s 500 in Phoenix. An intense and profanity-laden exchange with his spotter, Freddie Kraft, unveiled a candid picture of his disappointment. As Wallace’s No. 23 Toyota Camry hurtled into the wall on lap 267, Kraft’s voice came through the radio, asking, “You good?” Wallace’s terse response, “F—— dandy,” embodies the sucker punch of a race gone awry – a sentiment resonating with his fans.
The crash, rooted in a brake rotor failure, shattered Wallace’s ambitions for a top-10 finish, a goal he had been doggedly pursuing after starting 19th. He later told reporters, “Brakes blew out. Unfortunate,” his voice laden with disappointment. He added, “I didn’t have any sign leading up to that last restart there. Just noticed on lap three or four that the pedal just traveled further than it had by a little bit. So turned on my fans, came back and that was it.” This anticlimactic end to a promising day left Wallace in the 29th spot, a far cry from his strong start to 2025.
However, despite the crushing disappointment, Wallace refused to let it dampen his spirit. In a heart-to-heart with his wife Amanda, he found a glimmer of hope. “If it all ended today, it’s ok because I have a good family, and we’ll be fine. It just wasn’t meant to be, and I was trying to understand that pretty quick,” he shared.
Looking back at his season, Wallace admitted, “It’s a bummer. We didn’t have the best of start or the best of mid-race for our Leidos team. But I feel like we finally got our big break and cracked in there in the top 10.”
