Some critics of Bubba Wallace paint him as being overhyped and over-promoted, a good driver — but not a great one — who is one of the faces of NASCAR merely because he’s the only Black full-time driver in its top tier of racing.
Other knocks on Wallace are that he can be both a hothead and a diva, likes the spotlight a bit too much and — oh, no, here comes the “W” word — is hell-bent on turning NASCAR “woke.”