“A Little Far Out There” – Bubba Wallace Takes a Dig at Teammate’s Unconventional Style as He Opens Up on Having Tyler Reddick at 23XI Racing

When Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin signed Bubba Wallace as their main driver in their new venture, many wondered if Wallace could finally take the next big step in his career. After all, with 23XI Racing, he was getting world class equipment and a world class crew led by two very ambitious owners.

However, it didn’t turn out to be that way.

Wallace’s career with 23XI has been plagued with inconsistencies for the better part with some sprinkles of brilliance here and there, and now with someone like Tyler Reddick competing alongside him in the same organization, Wallace is perhaps no longer the A driver at 23XI.

This much is clear from the fact that while he is sitting in 21st place in standings, Reddick is 6th. But that doesn’t mean he isn’t learning from his teammate.

Bubba Wallace claims having Tyler Reddick has been “a huge help”

In an interview ahead of the race at Kansas, a track where Wallace won last year, his second career win, he was asked about the benefits he’s observed with the arrival of Tyler Reddick.

“Tyler (Reddick) has been a huge help. It’s fun. I called him when I heard the news that we were going to bring him on. I knew he was going to be fast – fast in a lot of places that I’m not, road courses, certain tracks that we go to,” Wallace replied as per SI.

“Let’s look at the start of how COTA went – we were looking pretty good. Don’t look at the finish, because it was about the average, but piggybacking off of him and trying some techniques. His stuff is a little far out there, but it is worth the try, risk.”

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Wallace on what it means to have a faster teammate

Bubba Wallace further added that he knew right from the get go that Tyler Reddick was “fast.” He then explained what the difference is in having a fast competitors outside of your team and having them inside the team.

“When you see competition is faster you want to learn as fast as you can, but when it is your teammate, you have some resources to see what he’s doing, you have the conversations to do all of that,” Wallace described.

Wallace concluded that having Reddick as his teammate has been “a sweet one.” 

Now whether or not his motivations and learnings from his teammate will reflect in his own results, that’s something time will tell. But for now, could Wallace catch upto Reddick?

Let us know in the comments below.

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