[autotag]Bubba Wallace[/autotag] came very close to clinching a spot in the Round of 8 at Texas Motor Speedway almost two weeks ago. It could have represented the coming out party for the No. 23 team but now Wallace sits nine points below the final transfer spot heading into the Round of 12 finale at the Charlotte ROVAL this weekend.
The driver of the No. 23 car has to climb out of a nine-point hole at a road course, which has not been his best style of racing in the NextGen car. Wallace has a best finish of 12th place at Watkins Glen International during the 2023 NASCAR season but luckily, the Charlotte ROVAL has been kind to him in the past.
"The best restarter in the game gives it up on a restart."
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— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) September 24, 2023
Wallace finished in seventh place last season and 14th place in 2021. Overall, the Charlotte ROVAL has been his second-best road course behind the Indianapolis, which will revert back to an oval in 2024. Yet, Wallace’s best at the Charlotte ROVAL still may not be enough with Tyler Reddick looming below the cut-line.
If Wallace wants to keep his championship hopes alive, he will need to put on his best performance on a road course yet. The 23XI Racing driver is already facing an uphill battle against one of NASCAR’s best road course competitors. It will take a tremendous amount of work but Wallace has proven that he will not crack under pressure in the most important races of the year to this point.
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