Bubba Wallace ‘pissed off’ after brakes blow out, bringing out caution at Phoenix
Bubba Wallace had a shot to secure a top 10 finish in Sunday’s Shriners Childers 300 at Phoenix until the Lap 266 caution changed his day.
Wallace, racing 11th at the time, blew a right front tire and slammed into the outside wall in Turn 1. The damage was enough to end his day, and he finished P29 — just like he did in the season-opening Daytona 500. Wallace was frustrated with the result, seeing he feels he “executed all day” only to come up short.
“Brakes blew out. Unfortunate,” Wallace told Jamie Little of FOX Sports. “Didn’t have any sign leading up to that last restart that we had. … Bummer. Didn’t have the best of start or best of mid-race for our Leidos team but feel like we finally got our big break there cracking the top 10. [We were] making something of it, trying to survive and just got ripped out from right underneath us.
“Unfortunate, I hate it. Had such a strong start to the season but all in all, to be pissed off about it, it is what it is. Felt like I executed all day and just wasn’t in the cards.”
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Bubba Wallace’s day goes bad, Toyota still comes out on top at Phoenix
Despite the underwhelming result, Wallace has still showed speed early on this NASCAR Cup Series season. If that speed continues to show itself, eventually, Wallace’s luck should turn.
Like Wallace, 23XI Racing teammate Tyler Reddick had speed, but an issue derailed his day. Reddick reported no power steering during Stage 3, which ended up with a trip to pit road. Reddick went from racing inside the top 10 for much of the afternoon to finishing P20.
Toyota still came out on top, with Christopher Bell going back-to-back-to-back. He outlasted fellow Toyota driver and Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin in the closest finish in Phoenix history.