Good day goes awry for Bubba Wallace at Kansas
Bubba Wallace led laps and picked up nine stage points but had an issue that took him out of a possible win Sunday at Kansas Speedway.
Wallace, the defending winner of the Hollywood Casino 400, placed second to Kyle Larson in stage one.
Wallace ran second to Larson again as his car – until his tire blew in turns one and two on lap 107.
“I got loose three or four laps before and then I blew a tire. You’re never going to blow a tire when you’re running 20th, you always get it running up front,” Wallace said post-race.
The tire failure sent Wallace into the outside wall, breaking his toe link and damaging his car.
In total, he lost six laps getting repairs and never had the same speed.
Bubba Wallace finished 32nd, four laps down – now 14th in points, -19 points to the cutline after Kansas.
The next race is the end of the Round of 16, September 16 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The green flag drops just after 7:30 p.m. ET (Broadcast: USA, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Ch 90, PRN).
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
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That how he made into the playoff….sat back and followed instead of raced to win
Poor bubba.still crying..wating to play his never ending race card!