“We Were Not Good” – Bubba Wallace Goes on a Rant Against Michael Jordan’s Team as He Dissects Every Issue With His Team Keeping Them Out of the Playoffs

With the Chicago Street Racing done and dusted, the new race weekend sets in. After a year of contemplation and planning the debut race hit the bull’s eye when it came to the delivery of the race. The race had witnessed a surprising increase in the viewership of the race on NBC. 

While the essence of the race is yet to settle down from the minds of NASCAR enthusiasts, the next race weekend is already making its presence felt. The NASCAR community already awaits the race weekend at Atlanta, as the modified Next-Gen cars are slated to be unveiled.

However, with just the last few races left in the regular season, the drivers are set to put their best foot forward and seize the last berths in the playoffs. Moreover, Bubba Wallace is prepared to undo the wrongs from the past as well as the ongoing season as he lay bears the troubles in the pit road. 

Bubba Wallace lay bears his dissatisfaction with the pit-road problems that have proved detrimental to him

The 2023 Cup Series season has not been a merciful season for the 23XI Racing driver Bubba Wallace. While at the beginning of the season, the driver struggled to get a grip on the track, however, the driver tried to pull off top-five finishes in the latter half of the season, but it was the pit road problems that threw a wrench on the efforts of the driver. 

The pit-road problem has persisted since last year and was evident in the Goodyear 400 at Darlington, in the ongoing season. Although the driver was running in the top-5 however, a loose lug nut forced the driver to fall down to 18th place. And given his past precedence, the driver ahead of the race at Atlanta on Sunday expressed his dissatisfaction with the pit road and how to overcome the issues. Wallace went on a rant to dissect every issue that the team owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan is facing besides the pit roads problem.

Talking to Frontstretch, the No.23 Toyota driver exclaimed, “Just execution. You know we had a lot of Pit Roads last year that took us out and attended this wheels throughout the season. I know that number pretty well, I think it was two here. It’s just not making mistakes on that side of things, not making mistakes on my side.”

“Returning as a driver as a person, understand the situations that you are in throughout the race, look at Charlotte we were not good and had pit road troubles. But understanding, we still got three stages but we still got two stages, okay it was the last stage, no mistakes and we didn’t have any mistakes at our last stage gave us the opportunity to finish fourth.”

“Understanding that before you get it was sort of dialed out because you think that it’s over and we will recover and then you go down a slippery slope on the mental side, alright we will try again next week when it’s a time earlier,” Wallace asserted.

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The Chicago Street Race proved to be a headache for the 23XI Racing driver

However, the driver is yet to notch his first win of the season and is still below the cut line of the Playoff. While fans were hopeful, that Wallace would bring a favorable race in the inaugural race. However, the driver shot himself in the foot as he involved himself in a wreck, towards the end of the race and which eventually led to overtime in the race.

The incident occurred on Turn 1 with just 2 laps to go. While the driver found stability on the alien track, however in the penultimate lap, the Toyota driver failed to gauge the distance and went into Turn 1 too hot and crashed with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. The 23XI Racing sustained heavy damage to his car and finished 31st in the race.

Nevertheless, the driver made sure that he had a worthwhile time in Chicago as he organized a Block Party to assert the notions of diversity and inclusivity. He had also expressed, “Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t like changes that we’re doing as a sport to tap into different demographics and make the sport more welcoming and inclusive, and that’s on them. They have to live with that. For us, we continue to march forward.”

With things finally coming to an end, fans really hope to see the 23XI Racing driver get a podium finish in the season. Nevertheless, it is a matter of time to witness whether the driver makes it to the Playoffs.

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