NASCAR CUP SERIES: COKE ZERO SUGAR 400

August 28, 2021

Bubba Wallace

Pit Lane

An Interview with:

Q. Bubba Wallace finishes third here at Daytona. Needed a win to get in the Playoffs. You were up there. What did you need to go your way?

BUBBA WALLACE: I don't know, that last restart our car felt slow, sluggish. The seas parted. When that wreck happened, I stayed in it, came out third. Not what we needed. Bummer.

Solid day. I mean, we led some laps. This is the best I've kept a speedway car clean. Just some nose damage. Thanks to Columbia. I gave them a good run.

I'm a little frustrated. I'm the one that gets called out for not working with teammates, and I'm the one that gets left hanging. That's the reason why Ford is in Victory Lane, because they always work together.

Unfortunate-tempo, but we wanted to win. I was the most prepared I'd ever been for this speedway stuff, and third.

Q. Your first year of 23XI. Not in the Playoffs. What would be a success for you at the end of the year?

BUBBA WALLACE: 17th in points. That's what we want to do. Just continue to climb from here. Appreciate everybody that is a part of this program. A fun regular season figuring out this team with 23XI. Toyota jumping onboard, being a part of it, taking me back under their wing. All of our partners, DoorDash, Columbia, DoorDash, Dr. Pepper, McDonald's. It just stings.

Happy for Ryan, though. We'll celebrate a little bit tonight.