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NASCAR Suspends Bubba Wallace For “Deliberately” Crashing Into Fellow Driver

<p><strong>Bubba Wallace<&sol;strong> will be off the racetrack for one game after <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;melissa-harville-lebron-becomes-first-african-american-woman-nascar-team&sol;">NASCAR<&sol;a> launched an investigation into an incident that occurred over the weekend&period; According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;apnews&period;com&sol;article&sol;sports-auto-racing-nascar-kyle-larson-bee6dc13797daf48346b9d948353c4ff">AP<&sol;a>&comma; NASCAR has suspended Wallace for one game after determining he &&num;8220&semi;deliberately&&num;8221&semi; crashed into Kyle Larson&&num;8217&semi;s car on Sunday&period; Shortly after&comma; Wallace and Larson engaged in a physical altercation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bubba repeatedly shoved Larson after the incident and was even seen pushing away a NASCAR official before heading back to the pit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While many fans were under the impression that Bubba was suspended because of his hot-headed nature after the crash Head of Competition and Racing Operations Steve O&&num;8217&semi;Donnell explained that the organization determined that his behavior on the track was intentional and extremely dangerous&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>When we look at how that incident occurred&comma; in our minds&comma; &lpar;it was&rpar; really a dangerous act that we thought we intentional and put other competitors at risk&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Bubba Wallace issued an apology for his behavior in a statement on Twitter saying&comma; &&num;8220&semi;<em>I want to apologize for my actions on Sunday following the on-track incident with Kyle Larson and the No&period; 5 car&period; My behavior does not align with the core values that are shared by 23XI Racing and our partners&comma; who have played a crucial role in my incredible journey to the top of this great sport&period;<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He continued&colon; &&num;8220&semi;<em>I want to apologize to NASCAR and the fans&comma; along with Christopher Bell&comma; Joe Gibbs Racing&comma; and Toyota for putting them in a situation in the Playoff that they do not deserve<&sol;em>&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1582152067895828480" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite the apology&comma; 23XI Racing revealed that the company has no plans to appeal the suspension&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>23XI is aligned with NASCAR on the one-race suspension issued to Bubba and we understand the need for the series to take a clear stand on the incidents that took place at Las Vegas Motor Speedway&period; Bubba&&num;8217&semi;s actions are not in keeping with the values of our team and partners&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1581807846089334784" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"100499" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;nascar-suspends-bubba-wallace-for-deliberately-crashing-into-fellow-driver&sol;" data-secure&equals;"b58d235200"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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