Claim rival’s life was put in danger by star’s move

“That could’ve been the end of Kyle Larson’s career – that to me is what was on the line. Or his life.”

NASCAR announced on Wednesday morning (AEDT) Wallace – the sport’s only black driver – would be suspended for this weekend’s race in Miami.

The incident occurred when Larson made a dive on Wallace through the final corner of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway before sliding up the banking and squeezing Wallace into the wall.

While no contact was made between the two cars, Wallace then hooked a sharp left and spun the 2021 series Larson out, taking out an innocent Christopher Bell in the process.

Once the two cars came to rest, Wallace walked over to Larson’s car and physically confronted him.

Wallace has since apologised for the crash.

Logano said Wallace chose the worst spot on the track to take Larson out.

Bubba Wallace tries to fight Kyle Larson

“The retaliation is not OK in the way it happened. If he spun him to the infield, maybe it’s a little better, maybe. But right-rear hooking someone in the dogleg is not OK,” he said.

“That is the worst spot to be right-rear hooked into a corner and the dogleg is pretty sharp … (Larson) is lucky he hit (Christopher Bell) … to soften it probably a little bit (or) he might’ve flush hit that thing on the side, and game over.

“There’s no room for that. You can’t do that.

“If it’s under caution and you’re banging doors or things like that – I don’t know if that’s OK either, but at least you’re not putting someone’s life at risk. When you have someone’s life at risk it’s different.”

The current generation NASCAR chassis has come under fire in recent weeks after several stars had suffered severe concussions after relatively minor crashes.

The biggest criticism of the car surrounded the rear end, with suggestions it was too stiff. Instead of crumpling in rear-impact crashes, the cars stand up to the crash and transfer massive amounts of energy into the driver.

Former champion Kurt Busch was forced into retirement from full-time racing this month after a crash earlier in the year had left him sidelined ever since.

Another driver, Alex Bowman, has also missed a slew of races after a minor crash at Texas in September.

With that in mind, Logano said Wallace should’ve waited until after the race to fight him.

“I don’t like using cars for a weapon. If you’re that mad about it, just get out and fight them. That’s fine, if that’s what you really want to do and that’s how you want to handle it, that’s fine,” he said.

“You can make someone’s life hell if you want to racing them, but do I think straight up blasting them into the wall is OK? No.

“The consequences are way bigger than just a race and you will live with regret the rest of your life. That’s the bottom line.

“(If) you seriously injure somebody in retaliation for something that wasn’t huge, I don’t think you can live with yourself after that.”

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