Carson Hocevar Laughs Off Bubba Wallace’s Surprise Apology Text

Speaking about the moment, Wallace admitted his mistake and said he had already apologised for it. “No, he didn’t do anything wrong on Sunday, so I apologised to him. But all good.”

When an interviewer asked if he was mad at himself after what happened at Martinsville, Wallace replied,

“100 per cent. 100 per cent.” He even spoke about the frustration he’s been feeling recently: “I’ve been mad at myself my whole life. So, it’s just another day. Um, it sucks, but you know, I gotta tuck my tail and take it on the chin and move on. And so, you know, no one was happy about it, but we do know we have another opportunity in front of us to go out and rewrite the history books.”

For Carson, the apology was a funny surprise. “Yeah, he texted me. I just kind of laughed about it because there are times when I feel like I’m definitely deserving of something. And I was laughing that luckily my stuff was still rolling, but I didn’t feel like I deserved it, and I still got it,” he said.

It’s clear that Hocevar appreciates Wallace’s sorry text and does not carry any hard feelings about the incident.

“He texted me and said he was just having a rough day. And when I passed him, he said he was like, ‘You did nothing wrong. I was just already mad, and that sent me over the edge.’ So I was like, ‘No, it’s cool, man.’ I’ve been there, done that. I’ve ended plenty of days, and obviously it hurt him more than it did me, so we’re good.”

How Becoming a Dad Changed Bubba Wallace

Bubba Wallace’s quick acceptance and apology after the Martinsville incident come from the emotional changes he has undergone after the birth of his first child, Becks Hayden, in 2025.

Freddie Kraft, Wallace’s friend and spotter, also pointed out that Bubba’s reactions have changed even when he hit a low point in his races. “He would have very high highs and very low lows,” Kraft said in an old interview.

“Now it seems like the highs are even higher and the lows are never as low as they’ve been before. We talk after the race, and a lot of times in the past, if we had a really bad day, I would get one-word answers or no answer at all until the next day.

Now I can text him and we’re joking around afterward, and I think it’s strictly because he’s either going back to the bus and seeing Becks or he’s on the phone with Becks before we get on the airplane,” he further added.

Instead of letting a race define his mood, he now views his career with a sense of humbleness that allows him to “tuck his tail” and move forward.

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