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USA Today via Reuters

USA Today via Reuters

Ahead of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs this weekend, 23XI Racing driver, Bubba Wallace, who took the wheel of #45 Toyota after the regular season, was enjoying a game of college football.

The current #45 driver for the 23XI tweeted his reaction to a thrilling College football game which took place this weekend.

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Wallace tweeted, “Damn, I love college football“. With this reaction, it definitely felt like his team won.

In addition to this, a lot of fans agreed to his statement and started replying to his tweet with a “Me too“.

There were some football fans that were disheartened by the results of their team but they ended up giving a positive response to the game.

One tweet which stood out from the rest was from the president of 23XI Racing, Steve Lauletta. His reaction was quite the opposite of the NASCAR Cup Series driver.

This can mean that the team 23XI president was supporting the team that lost in the weekend’s college football game.

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Bubba Wallace is also competing for a championship despite not being in the playoffs

The 23XI Racing team made the playoffs with the #45 car by winning the race at Kansas Speedway this year in May. Kurt Busch took the victory lane for the 23XI’s #45, and in the same race, Wallace finished in the top ten.

However, Busch had to give up his place in the NASCAR playoffs because of his concussion. This left the #45 car stranded.

But a few days ahead of the first race of playoffs, the Michael Jordan & Denny Hamlin racing team announced that Bubba Wallace will be taking the wheel of #45 for the owner’s championship battle.

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With this swap from #23 Toyota to #45 Toyota, Wallace got a chance to race in playoffs, even though he didn’t qualifying for the same.

He has shown impressive results in the last couple of months and has the momentum to take the wins and gather points for the 23XI Racing team.

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The stakes are high for the #23 turned #45 racing driver in the playoffs. The previous race record of the 23XI Racing team in Kansas justifies it well.