{"id":811666,"date":"2026-07-19T06:46:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T06:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/811666\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T06:46:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T06:46:57","slug":"bubba-wallace-moves-on-and-accepts-nascar-atlanta-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/811666\/","title":{"rendered":"Bubba Wallace moves on and accepts NASCAR Atlanta penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bubba Wallace is more accepting of the penalty NASCAR issued to him on the final lap of the Cup Series race on Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway and has moved on to the rest of the regular season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, kind of have to, right,\u201d said Wallace to a media scrum on Saturday at North Wilkesboro Speedway. \u201cI mean, it is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wallace was sent to the tail end of the lead lap after originally being scored second because race control determined he went below the out of bounds line to improve his position. Objectively, he did, but Wallace wanted to argue in real time that he ultimately did not improve his position.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTo me, I always thought it was gaining position, but no, it’s gaining track position, which I totally did,\u201d Wallace said. \u201cSo it is what it is. I thought they would care about the data that (showed) I tried to give it back but the damage was already done. So it\u2019s unfortunate but here we are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here is 13th in the standings and 55 points above the cutline, even though he stood to be 83 up leaving Atlanta. Wallace and crew chief Charles Denike went to the NASCAR hauler after the race to make their case but there wasn\u2019t much of a defense.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe damage was already done, so it didn’t matter and that was unfortunate,\u201d Wallace said.<\/p>\n

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Watch: Blaney prevails with EchoPark win in wild OT<\/p>\n

Does he agree with the spirit of the rule?<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t know,\u201d Wallace said. \u201cI’ve never really been kind of in that scenario. I’ve had a couple close calls but I will say as I made the move and seen where I was going to end up, I knew it was going to put everybody in a bad spot and that was unfortunate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, at the end of the day, if (Ty Gibbs) didn’t push me at the line, I would have finished third and I’m pretty sure they said that would not have been a penalty. So it’s like, I don’t know. I think NASCAR doesn’t ever want to be put into a situation where they have to make the call and they always tell us to not put them in that situation and unfortunately, I put them there. So all in all, a rule is a rule (and I) crossed over the line. Oh, well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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