Bubba Wallace ‘seeing red’ after being wrecked, female driver rage-quits and cries & NASCAR missed the mark
Well…that was bizarre. If NASCAR has an All-Star race, however no person is aware of it is an All-Star race, and it does not really feel like an All-Star race, did it even occur?
I have not talked to Mr. Nielsen but, however I’m going to go forward and file Dover underneath the “miss” class when it comes to issues which have labored over the yr.
This did not work. NASCAR tried to mess around with the All-Star race, and they received somewhat cutesy for those who ask me. Hell, you do not even should ask me. You can ask the drivers! They’ll be the first to let you know that this “All-Star” weekend simply did not work. You’ll see.
Now, that does not imply we’re rudderless at present. We’ve received a lot to speak about! If I wanted a very good NASCAR race to maintain my job, I might’ve been fired a very long time in the past.
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Tyler Reddick, driver of the No. 45 Jordan Brand Toyota, and Bubba Wallace, driver of the No. 23 Hardee’s/Coca-Cola Toyota, speak on the grid throughout follow for the NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International on May 9, 2026. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
I’ve received Bubba Wallace “seeing red” after being wrecked. That makes you wish to maintain scrolling?! No? Well how about Kyle Busch making a intercourse joke after successful Friday? Come on! If you do not wish to maintain studying after that one, you’ll want to test your pulse!
STILL proper? Well, how about Natalie Decker throwing an all-time tantrum and quitting in the center of a race? I do know I wrote about it Saturday, however we’re gonna dive proper again in at present as a result of it is that good. This Natalie Decker is NUTS. I’m sorry, however I do not know how one can take heed to this and come to another conclusion.
Some of you one way or the other did, and despatched me some VERY offended emails about it. What a time to be alive. Society may be toast if that is the mindset we’re working with. You’ll see.
OK, 4 tires, sufficient gas to get us to Charlotte for the longest race of the yr, and perhaps a trip for Natalie after a protracted work week… Monday Morning Pit-Stop — the ‘That All-Star Race STUNK, Let’s Never Do It Again’ version — is LIVE!
NASCAR did so many issues mistaken this weekend, I do not know the place to start out
We’ll get to Bubba right here in a minute, however we’ve got to start out with Dover and a query for everybody…
Did NASCAR do something proper this weekend? I’m critical. I’m all for making an attempt new issues. Lord is aware of NASCAR has accomplished it a lot with this race over the years.
- They’ve moved it round the globe. From Charlotte, to Bristol, to Texas and North Wilkesboro.
- They’ve tinkered with the format. My God, have they tinkered with the format. I am unable to even sustain anymore.
- They’ve given them 14 totally different sorts of tires. One yr, I believed, there have been units of inexperienced and reds? I do not bear in mind precisely, nevertheless it was a multitude.
- They’ve had pit crew challenges, and fan votes, and inverted the discipline after every stage. You wanted to be a mathematician to maintain up some years.
This yr, although? It was simply miss after miss after miss. Nothing labored.
Denny Hamlin poses with a a million greenback test in victory lane after successful the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Del., on May 17, 2026. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
For starters, they eradicated “The Open,” which, for years now, has been the finest a part of “All-Star” weekend. That was the qualifying race to see which driver(s) not eligible for the foremost occasion raced their approach into it. They have been, simply, the finest a part of the weekend. And NASCAR nixed it this yr.
Dumb.
They additionally made the present race a billion laps lengthy. I misplaced rely at one level. I’m critical. I could not sustain. When I turned this car race on — and EXHIBITION race, thoughts you — and noticed that it was 300(ish) laps, I used to be floored. I could not imagine it. This is meant to be a enjoyable, fast, non-taxing race. They turned it into one lengthy follow for subsequent week’s Coke 600.
And I imply that actually. They had a 90-minute follow session Saturday.
Ninety minutes!
And it meant NOTHING. Could you think about watching a 300-lap race the place the factors do not matter? Where the winner will get nothing, past a measly $1 million test? OK, meanly is a robust phrase, however you recognize what I imply.
Just take heed to the two Chases (Briscoe and Elliott) after this weekend’s marathon. Does this sound like two drivers who loved themselves on the market?
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Yeah, they have been depressing. Come on. What are we doing right here? This race was once an “event.” You had “The Open” in the early night, and then the foremost race at evening.
Yesterday, we had no actual open, and then put the foremost race at 1 pm ET in opposition to the PGA Championship. I’m simply undecided Dover is the proper observe for a race that does not matter. Feel like it’s kind of of disservice to the followers, proper?
There is a few hypothesis that Dover may very well be in hassle fully transferring ahead. That could be a mistake. The followers got here out yesterday for a race that did not matter and was inexplicably lengthy. The racing itself was respectable.
Again, Chase did not have the finest time on the market, however Denny Hamlin received and there have been a bunch of pile-ups in the opening few segments. I’ve definitely seen worse. I simply needn’t see it as an “All-Star” race.
It wasn’t terrible. It simply wasn’t what you’d anticipate from an “All-Star” weekend. That’s all. It was bizarre from the minute they unloaded the vans, and it by no means received any higher.
Oh properly. Onwards, I reckon.
Now, let’s test in with Bubba Wallace after his pit highway confrontation with Christopher Bell final weekend!
Natalie’s dangerous day at the workplace & Kyle’s good day at dwelling
So, let me get this straight… Bubba received wrecked by somebody, and then determined to “race the dogs–t” out of the remainder of the discipline for the closing 10 laps as a result of he was “seeing red”? Do I’ve that proper?
Okie dokie. Sounds like a plan! Had Bubba wrecked somebody whereas “racing the dogsh—” out of them, this is able to be an even bigger story. But, he did not. He simply doored anybody who tried to get in his approach. A bit of infantile? Perhaps. I’m certain y’all will let me learn about it, a technique or the different!
Bubba Wallace, driver of the No. 23 Xfinity Toyota, appears to be like on throughout NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race pit highway qualifying entry and exit follow at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Del., on May 15, 2026. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
OK, let’s get to Natalie and then finish the day with Kyle and Sam Busch.
Decker parked his truck throughout Friday’s race at Dover after simply 81 laps after NASCAR black-flagged her for being too sluggish. This was, by my rely, the second time this yr she’s been black-flagged for being too sluggish. Impressive.
Anyway, that is not the story right here…
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Decker basically rage-quit throughout the race, struggling one of the most stunning in-car meltdowns I’ve ever heard and swearing off the collection eternally.
FOREVER:
“Let’s remember what’s on our truck, and just bring it to the garage, right?” mentioned crew proprietor Josh Reaume, referring, clearly, to the sponsors.
“I feel like a f—ing failure if I do that,” Nat responded. “There’s so many things I want to say and I’m probably going to get f—ing suspended, you have no idea.”
I’ve by no means heard a radio meltdown like that in my life, and I’ve heard A LOT of ’em. Nothing compares to that tantrum.
Natalie Decker waits on the grid throughout qualifying for the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., on April 24, 2026. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
It’s embarrassing. It’s an terrible search for Natalie Decker, and a fair worse search for NASCAR. If I’m them, I do not let her again in a automobile till additional discover. That’s how dangerous a glance it was for the sport. That’s how significantly I’d take this.
Apparently, once I mentioned that in a separate put up on Saturday, I used to be too imply!
From Ryan M. who may be very clearly new to this website:
“Wow Zach your a terrible person! Natalie is a human being and has emotions and personal things going on like everyone else. You’ve had melt down moments in your life I already know cause everybody has. I don’t even follow you, Natalie, or NASCAR. But I know you were given grace and forgiveness in worst moments. Maybe try doing the same. Cause right now your a piece of s–t for real.”
Thanks, Ryan M! And welcome to Fox and OutKick. Good to have you ever aboard.
Sure, I’ve 100% had meltdowns like that in my life. Ryan is correct. He received me.
I’d love to enter additional element, however I used to be 5 at the time, so I do not bear in mind a lot.
Get outta right here!
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OK, that is it for at present. Good work everybody, regardless of a… bizarre… race. Not dangerous. Just bizarre.
At least Kyle Busch received on Friday and then made a 69 joke about his spouse. At least we’ve got that.
See y’all at Charlotte.
