[autotag]Bubba Wallace[/autotag] and [autotag]23XI Racing[/autotag] left the Chicago Street Course with a 13th-place finish, but it wasn’t the talk after the event. Wallace hit race winner Alex Bowman after the checkered flag and caused the No. 48 car to make contact with the wall. NASCAR spent some time evaluating the incident and fined Wallace $50,000. 23XI Racing president Steve Lauletta reacted to the news on Thursday.
Lauletta said, “Unfortunately hard to be fully consistent with judgement calls, on to Pocono,” on social media. This suggests that 23XI Racing won’t appeal Wallace’s fine from NASCAR. There haven’t been many penalties from on-track interactions after the checkered flag, as most of the penalties come on pit road.
Unfortunately hard to be fully consistent with judgement calls, on to Pocono https://t.co/XzdQdZuEih
— Steve Lauletta (@slauletta) July 11, 2024
The good thing about this outcome is that Wallace and 23XI Racing were not given a points penalty for their actions in Chicago, Illinois. The driver of the No. 23 car is the first competitor outside of the playoffs but sits 45 points below the bubble. There are six races left in the regular season and Wallace must put this behind him and make a push for the 2024 NASCAR playoffs.
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