Dale Earnhardt Jr. Sends NASCAR Fans Into A Tailspin Over Controversial Bubba Wallace Comments

It’s been three days, and we still don’t know whether NASCAR is gonna fine Bubba Wallace for door-slamming Alex Bowman into next week after Bowman won Sunday’s race at Chicago.

Frankly, I don’t care. It was a classic dramatic Bubba Wallace move from the most dramatic driver in the garage, but beyond that, whatever. Boys will be boys.

Let Bowman handle it if he wants. He’s already said he doesn’t plan on doing anything, so don’t hold your breath.

Anyway, Bubba’s move had NASCAR fans TALKING during their trips to Monday’s water-cooler, with most up in arms over the move and calling on officials to fine/suspend him/send him to prison. I assume NASCAR will probably fine him sometime this week, but beyond that, I figured it would be old news by today.

But then Dale Earnhardt Jr. swooped in on his podcast and defended Bubba, and sent the racing world into an absolute tailspin on social media: