Bubba Wallace on the verge of first Cup playoff appearance
A repeat winner and at least 23 points earned will guarantee Bubba Wallace his first NASCAR Cup Series playoff berth Saturday at Daytona.
A win will also lock Wallace in but it’s not necessary. At Watkins Glen, one of his worst tracks, he finished 12th and increased his advantage on the cutline to 32 points.
“Just a great day for the 23 team,” Wallace said Sunday at Watkins Glen. “Now, we get to go in Daytona stressful as hell, but it takes a little bit of the edge off for sure.”
Having to earn 23 points, Wallace can finish of 14th or better and lock in even if he doesn’t score any stage points.
Wallace will still have to hope there is not a new winner who could erase his playoff hopes.
The only new winner Wallace wants to see is himself. Wallace has two Cup Series wins — Kansas last fall and Talladega in fall 2021 – but none this season.
Wallace has been racing full-time in the Cup Series since 2018. His highest finish in points was 19th in 2022.
The Coke Zero Sugar 400 is scheduled for Saturday, August 26 at 7 p.m. ET. on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.
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