Tensions were high at Charlotte Motor Speedway during the Coca-Cola 600 on Monday night, and while the war of words between Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott seemed to get fans’ attention, Aric Almirola and Bubba Wallace were also in a feud. . .
Almirola and Wallace appeared to have a tense exchange, and Almirola gave Wallace a push. Wallace declined to say what was said to have caused the shoving.
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Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 Dr Pepper Strawberries & Cream Toyota, drives during the NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 29, 2023 in Concord, North Carolina. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
«When you walk with two faces, that’s what you get,» said the 23XI Racing team member.
Almirola said he didn’t like how Wallace was racing him on the track.
«Right at the beginning of the race. I felt like I was driving him pretty clean and I felt like he was racing me pretty dirty,» Almirola said, via NASCAR.com. «He made me run all over the race track and then he passed me and he shot the bird at me, so I went to him, ‘why are you throwing the bird at me?’, like I gave him a lot of space and gave him a lot of respect and he started to babble and say a lot of bad things and swear.
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Aric Almirola, #10 Stewart Haas Racing Ford Smithfield Ford, looks on before the NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 race on May 29, 2023, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. (Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
«I understood my point of view. I let him know that it is not acceptable. He will not curse me or shoot me.»
Wallace finished in fourth place and Almirola finished in 25th.
Ryan Blaney ended his 59-race winless streak with a win at Charlotte.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Bubba Wallace waits for the start during the Tyson 250 at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina on May 20, 2023. (Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
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«You start to feel like you can’t win anymore,» Blaney said. «We haven’t won in a long time and that can be difficult. I want to thank 12 (team) for believing in me.»
Associated Press contributed to this report.