{"id":22247,"date":"2019-09-29T21:41:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T01:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=22247"},"modified":"2019-09-29T21:41:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T01:41:52","slug":"bubba-wallace-tosses-drink-in-alex-bowmans-face-following-roval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2019\/09\/29\/bubba-wallace-tosses-drink-in-alex-bowmans-face-following-roval\/","title":{"rendered":"Bubba Wallace tosses drink in Alex Bowman&#8217;s face following Roval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22249\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/09\/bowmanwallace-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/09\/bowmanwallace-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/09\/bowmanwallace-594x334.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/09\/bowmanwallace-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/09\/bowmanwallace-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/09\/bowmanwallace.jpg 1546w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bubba Wallace was upset with Alex Bowman following Sunday&#8217;s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at the Charlotte Roval.<\/p>\n<p>Wallace was upset after contact from Bowman early in the ace which saw him dumped in the chicane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe don\u2019t like to race. He just runs over everybody,\u201d Wallace told NASCAR.com as he left the track. \u201cHe gets to Lap 1 and he runs over me and the 3 (Austin Dillon) into the back chicane. We\u2019re back there in the trunk, man. Just take it easy for a lap. He had a fast car and he just run over us. Shoot us through the chicane and then we get a penalty for it. Every time he gets to me, he just runs over me.<\/p>\n<p>Bowman indicated he needed medical attention following the Bank of America Roval 400.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmooth move of playing the sick card so I couldn\u2019t bust him in his mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course that would not keep Wallace from finding his way to Bowman and throwing some water into his face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if he was mad about the first lap or what but obviously, that was just a mistake,\u201d Bowman said. \u201cThen I got flipped over for every single straightaway for three laps. I got flipped off by him for three or four laps in Richmond so I was just over it. I gotta stand up for myself at some point, right? Probably wouldn\u2019t have gotten wrecked if he had his finger back in the car.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">Oh. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexBowman88?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlexBowman88<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BubbaWallace?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BubbaWallace<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KadVc9rRSI\">pic.twitter.com\/KadVc9rRSI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASCAR (@NASCAR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASCAR\/status\/1178434514244308992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On the splash of water, Bowman responded.\u201dI probably shouldn\u2019t repeat what he said to me, but nothing classy by any means,\u201d Bowman said. \u201cI mean, I get it, I\u2019d be mad, too, but he put himself in that spot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bowman was one of 12 drivers who advanced in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs and remains eligable for the championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bubba Wallace was upset with Alex Bowman following Sunday&#8217;s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at the Charlotte Roval. Wallace was upset after contact from Bowman early in the ace which saw him dumped in the chicane. \u201cHe don\u2019t like to race. He just runs over everybody,\u201d Wallace told NASCAR.com as he left the track. 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