Homestead ready without Wallace

Bubba Wallace is missing Sunday’s NASCAR race, and that’s evidently not his only sanction after losing his cool in Las Vegas last weekend. 23XI co-owner Denny Hamlin said Saturday that the team has dealt with matters in a way that goes “above and beyond” penalties by NASCAR. Hamlin didn’t say what that means, choosing to keep those matters in-house. It’s not just Wallace in the spotlight right now. Two weeks ago, NASCAR issued $200,000 in fines after finding that Stewart-Haas Racing driver Cole Custer slowed on the backstretch of the final lap of a race in Charlotte and helped teammate Chase Briscoe move up enough to reach the next round of the playoffs. Custer and his crew chief, Mike Shiplett, were both fined $100,000 after NASCAR determined Custer’s slowdown was deliberate. And last week, Wallace intentionally wrecked reigning Cup champ Kyle Larson at Las Vegas in an act of retaliation. Wallace got suspended for this week at Homestead-Miami, and playoff contender Christopher Bell got caught up in that wreck. Bell remains in the playoffs, but needs to rally.