A recent video shows NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace losing his cool and flipping off the camera after a second-place finish at the North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina.
Wallace has been described as portraying a “villain” or “bad boy” character in the world of NASCAR for actions such as this. Reportedly, fans loudly booed Wallace during a Saturday truck race where he took fifth place.
Reporter Noah Lewis tweeted, “The boos for @BubbaWallace after today’s truck race & during driver intros were very loud at North Wilkesboro Speedway. A @wsoctv reporter asked a great question about how/if that affects Bubba. Wallace gave a great answer in return. #NASCAR.”
The reporter asked Wallace about the boos from the crowd, where he said, “That’s every week” and, “It’s sports, it’s always going to be there.” “Hey, as long as you continue to live your life, judging a book by its cover, that’s who you are,” he said. “Don’t change it up for anybody else. That’s the biggest thing. That’s fine. I mean I finished 5th. I got a good payday. I’m good.”
The boos for @BubbaWallace after today’s truck race & during driver intros were very loud at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
A @wsoctv reporter asked a great question about how/if that affects Bubba.
Wallace gave a great answer in return. #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/0VDHtUZ7c0
— Noah Lewis (@Noah_Lewis1) May 20, 2023
Social media users commented under Lewis’ tweet voicing their opinions on the boos. One user named Jim said, “Drew attention to himself with a fake narrative that divides people. Bill Lester or Wendell Scott never got booed. Went out & raced & did there best with not close to the equipment Bubba has.” Someone else added, “It’s not his skin color, it’s his attitude, it’s his driving “skill”, it’s how he races. Overly aggressive and he cant win races in Championship equipment.”
Another user said, “It’s a terrible answer. He should ask “what did I do to contribute to this?” Instead he has little capacity for taking responsibility and continues to blame others. For every person parroting the “racists” stuff below, did Suarez get booed like that?”
However, Wallace raced again on Sunday where he finished second place. In a post-race interview with Fox News, he flipped off the interviewer and the camera. The crude gesture has drawn criticism across the internet. Watch the video below.
One Twitter user said, “Bubba Wallace being all class again. NOT! What a jack leg. He knew he was on camera with Fox too. #AllStarRace.”Another Twitter user added in the comments section, “He had a chance to do the right thing and take the high road at Talladega when the FBI found out the rope pull shaped like a noose in his garage stall had been there for a long time and was not meant for him. Instead, he played the race card. He will never recover from that.”
Bubba Wallace being all class again. NOT! What a jack leg. He knew he was on camera with Fox too. #AllStarRace pic.twitter.com/YnKYxiKjtB
— Ronnie Greene (@GreeneRonnie) May 22, 2023
Someone else said, “The best part is the @mcdonalds logo right next to his big FU. What’s it cost to sponsor someone like this. If a player or fan challenged @Jumpman23 he made them pay with his play. Bad look in an interview where he should be thanking his sponsors. @Nascar @MoneyLion @bobpockrass”
Another user slammed Wallace commenting, “and the criticize the person that said he was an a**hole and the sport didn’t need him. with this attitude towards the fans, what do u expect? the guy has no class, he has no respect for nascar or it’s fans.”
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