Bubba Wallace lost his cool at Martinsville over the weekend.
The 23XI Racing driver had a tough DNF in the NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday. Wallace, driving the No. 23 car for Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin’s Cup Series team, drove straight into Carson Hocevar. The move ended up ending Wallace’s day.
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Wallace appeared to lose his cool and it ended his day.
During latest episode of Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour, the former Cup Series champion warned Wallace: he needs to be better moving forward.
“Bubba got riled up because Carson put him three wide on a restart and put him in a bad spot and Bubba didn’t like that,” Harvick said. “But, you know, it’s Martinsville and I’ve lost my temper a bunch of times at Martinsville and probably done stuff like this too.”
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Harvick knows that Wallace was frustrated, but he can’t let things boil over like that.
“Your teammate’s the guy that’s won four races and is leading the points, that’s a lot of pressure,” Harvick said. “I promise you that he’s frustrated that he’s not been the guy that’s won the race.”
“But you got to keep it together,” he elaborated. “You can’t lose your cool like that and cost yourself and your team all those points.”
Dale Earnhardt Jr. agrees
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was surprised to see it, too.
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However, he knows that Wallace understands where things went wrong.
“He just drove through him,” Earnhardt Jr. said. “I didn’t like what you did. I think he owned it, though. I mean, he wrecked him. He realized he (expletive) up.”
Wallace will have to be better moving forward.
This story was originally published by The Spun on Apr 1, 2026, where it first appeared in the NASCAR section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
