[autotag]Bubba Wallace[/autotag] had a solid car that finished in 10th place in Stage 2 of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway, but it went quickly downhill. With 72 laps to go, Wallace exited Turn 2, looking down the track after Zane Smith and Tyler Reddick made contact below. The No. 23 car shot down the track and collected several drivers, such as William Byron and Christopher Bell.
Following the event, Wallace spoke to FOX Sports about the incident, which marks his second straight DNF after a streak of 30 consecutive races finished was broken at Talladega Superspeedway.
“You have the long ride over here on the golf cart to figure out what you want to say, and I guess turning 30, going to be a dad, you’ve got to be more mature,” Wallace said. “It’s a bummer. I hate it for our Xfinity, U.S. Air Force Toyota. Not the result we needed, back-to-back DNF’s.”
Miles the Monster just woke up 😳 Big trouble pic.twitter.com/h44ANjx74o
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“[Crew chief Bootie Barker] said it perfect Monday. I was pissed off and frustrated after Talladega. He said, ‘We are going to have to grind our asses off for Dover, from practice, to qualifying, to the race. It’s not going to be pretty.’ I don’t think he meant that part, the wrecking out wasn’t going to be pretty, but we had to grind. I’m proud of the effort we put in every week, just unfortunate, no results to show for it. We will just go on to Kansas, where hopefully, we are not around any squirrels and go kick their ass.”
Wallace had a good streak of finishing races, but he will need to rebound at Kansas Speedway. The 23XI Racing driver has shown much speed throughout the year so it wouldn’t be surprising to see him enter victory lane at one of his best race tracks. For now, Wallace will look to right the ship and hope to finish Sunday afternoon’s race in Kansas.
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