Bubba Wallace rockets to Texas pole
FORT WORTH — Bubba Wallace will lead the field to the green flag Sunday in the EchoPark Autotrader 400.
Wallace posted a 28.862-second lap time in the final round of qualifying Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway (188.337 mph average).
“You’ve got to show up in big-time moments and big-time plays,” Wallace said. “I’m excited for tomorrow.”
The pole is Wallace’s first of 2023 and the second of his career.
Chris Buescher will start alongside Wallace on the front row in second.
Brad Keselowski, Ty Gibbs and Ross Chastain round out the Top-5 qualifiers.
The full starting lineup is as follows:
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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.
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