Wallace Blasts Former Boss Kyle Busch Following Lap 61 Run In At Watkins Glen

Bubba Wallace got his NASCAR career started with Kyle Busch Motorsports. The Alabama native raced for KBM in the NASCAR Truck Series in 2013 and again in 2014. He won five times with them. But, following Sunday’s Go Bowling at the Glen, I don’t think Wallace will be welcomed back at KBM for a while.

On Lap 61, Wallace went low to block Kyle Busch while exiting Turn 7. I’m not real sure as to why, but Wallace was clearly upset with something his former boss did to him on track just prior. Busch, wasn’t too thrilled with Wallace’s move and went to run into Wallace’s No. 43 Chevrolet.

As a result of Busch’s retaliation, Wallace was even more mad and hooked Busch into Turn 1.

“I’m going to get my respect on the track, and I don’t care who it is,” Wallace said of his incident with Busch. “That’s for when guys fail to think about the young guys, I guess, or with me. I won’t put up with no shit. So I flat out wrecked his ass back. I guess we’re even. We’ll see. … “That’s what happens when you get run over. You just pay him back. So I won’t be like, ‘Oh, it’s Kyle Busch, he didn’t mean to.’ … (Expletive) him.”

Wallace, had a run in with Daniel Suarez after last weekend’s race at the Pocono Raceway. The duo are considered friends but the heated exchange witnessed on pit road carried over to the media this week. While Wallace said that he’s still not upset with Suarez, the two traded jabs at each other all week and it appears that there is actually something there.

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