All angles: Bubba gets bumped on the last lap at Daytona Watch Bubba Wallace's day fall apart as he takes a shot from Alex Bowman, who got shoved by Joey Logano on the last lap of the Cup Series race at the Daytona Road Course. 08/17/2020
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Bubba Wallace's difficult year continued Sunday at Sonoma Raceway. Ten laps into the Toyota/Save Mart 350, Wallace's No. 23 Toyota car began blowing smoke with oil spilling on the track. His day ended with the race's first caution.
Still searching for his first Cup Series win of the season, Wallace hasn't placed higher than 10th since finishing second behind Austin Cindric at the 2022 Daytona 500. Last month, Wallace wondered if he had "pissed off the racing gods" after getting caught in a wreck near the conclusion of the Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway.
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 20: Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 McDonald's Toyota, waves to fans onstage during driver intros prior to the NASCAR Cup Series 64th Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 20, 2022 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
Wallace took evasive action and veered left to narrowly miss the spinning car of Jones. Unfortunately, he could not slow down in time to avoid the tire barrier on the inside wall before nursing his car home to a dissapointing 25th place finish.
With the majority of the field running at the time, Wallace finished the race in an abysmal 38th.
Impressive track record at superspeedways in career Wallace was unaffected by the missing fender and made a late charge to win the Daytona 500 in overtime, but fell just short to the rookie Penske driver. Finishing runner-up in the sport's biggest race should be considered a success.
second— Bubba Wallace has been in this exact situation before, yet his emotions couldn't be more different. In 2018, Wallace finished second in the Daytona 500 by 0.206 seconds.
Daytona Beach, Fla. NASCAR Cup Series rookie Austin Cindric won Sunday's Daytona 500, beating Bubba Wallace by a nose. The field re-racked for overtime with Cindric lining up on the outside out front with the former driver of his No. 2 Ford, Brad Keselowski, behind him.
Wallace has managed nearly identical average start and average finish (around 24.0) marks for both campaigns, and he's finished 28th-place in the driver points both seasons.
Born to a black mother and a white father, Wallace is the son of Darrell Wallace Sr. and Desiree Wallace. His father is the owner of an industrial cleaning company, and his mother is a social worker who ran track at the University of Tennessee. Wallace is best friends with fellow NASCAR Cup Series driver Ryan Blaney.
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All angles: Bubba gets bumped on the last lap at Daytona. Watch Bubba Wallace's day fall apart as he takes a shot from Alex Bowman, who got shoved by Joey Logano on the last lap of the Cup Series race at the Daytona Road Course. 08/17/2020.
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Bubba Wallace started the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season at the Daytona 500 by following a template he has successfully employed throughout his career on superspeedways. After starting 16th, he moved around throughout the field.
While it’s one thing to have speed, it’s something altogether different to know how to successfully use it in navigating through the competition at speeds nearing 190 miles per hour, where a single bobble or any simple mistake can be disastrous and dangerous to numerous other drivers.
Wallace was unaffected by the missing fender and made a late charge to win the Daytona 500 in overtime, but fell just short to the rookie Penske driver.