{"id":366832,"date":"2025-12-24T22:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T22:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/366832\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T22:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T22:41:11","slug":"fans-rip-nascar-veteran-to-shreds-for-playing-victim-after-igniting-playoff-firestorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/366832\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans Rip NASCAR Veteran to Shreds for Playing Victim After Igniting Playoff Firestorm"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NASCAR<\/a> community has criticized the Cup Series playoff system for years, pushing the sanctioning body to finally respond and promise that changes are coming. However, fans don\u2019t seem very thrilled about the future.<\/p>\n

While NASCAR has\u00a0acknowledged that changes are needed,\u00a0it is still expected to retain<\/a>\u00a0the playoff system<\/a>, something many fans want completely scrapped. Kenny Wallace has recently spoken at length about possible tweaks to the format, but his comments have only added fuel to the fire.<\/p>\n

In a recent clip, Wallace criticized fans for aggressively calling for a return to a season-long points system. That stance quickly backfired, with fans turning their frustration toward him.<\/p>\n

Why Are NASCAR Fans Bashing Kenny Wallace?<\/p>\n

Kaulig Racing CEO Chris Rice recently joined Kenny Wallace<\/a> to discuss the future of NASCAR. Rice did not make any concrete revelations, but claimed that NASCAR fans would like the changes NASCAR is considering making to the playoffs.<\/p>\n

The comment, however, did not sit well with the fans. With Rice drawing fury from the fans, Wallace tried to tame the flames, only to redirect the fire toward him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a crowd out there that\u2019s being mean,\u201d Wallace said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re all over Chris Rice\u2019s a**, and that ain\u2019t right. Chris Rice said to me in jest, \u2018You will like this new point system. You will like it.\u2019 He didn\u2019t say, \u2018You\u2019re gonna like it. I\u2019m gonna make you like it.\u2019 He said, \u2018You will like it.\u2019 And he was talking to me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Fans did not go easy on the former Cup Series driver as well.<\/p>\n

\u2018\u201cWe\u2019re learning what lights a fire underneath your a**.\u201d Then the r*t**d tries to fuss at people for being angry after he intentionally instigated the anger\u2026 classic example of throwing a rock and hiding his hand.\u00a0 Real talent, him and Charlie,\u201d one of the fans wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another fan accused Wallace of deliberately provoking angry reactions on social media instead of offering sincere opinions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is coming from the guy who has said multiple times he just intentionally rage baits people on this app instead of acting trying to engage with actual discourse because you find it more funny to do that,\u201d they wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another fan expressed that NASCAR\u2019s leadership has repeatedly disrespected both fans and team owners, failed to face consequences, and continues to push the playoff system, which has left fans extremely frustrated and angry.<\/p>\n

The comment read<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cFans patience is wearing thin with NASCAR. We are just weeks out from the court case where executives called Childress a dumb redneck and said most of the fans can\u2019t read. Nobody lost their job and now team owners are parroting the same old playoff narratives. People are pissed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another user argued that NASCAR leadership underestimates or insults their fanbase, either by implying they can\u2019t understand complex formats or by dismissing their opinions entirely.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo different than a CEO saying we can\u2019t read or a team owner saying we don\u2019t have the attention span to keep up with a gimmickless format,\u201d they said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wallace underestimated how angry NASCAR fans are with the sport\u2019s leadership, and as a result, he faced backlash. Fans have little patience for anyone who even seems to support the playoffs, and Wallace couldn\u2019t avoid that reaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NASCAR community has criticized the Cup Series playoff system for years, pushing the sanctioning body to finally…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-366832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}