Bubba Wallace admits he wasnt happy to see Harrison Burtons milestone Daytona win with W

Harrison Burton created history last Saturday at Daytona after he secured the victory at the Coke Zero Sugar 400, which was the 100th Triumph of the team in the Cup series. The win helped him to move up in the points table from P34 to P13th. He has also secured millions in profit for the team this season.

But his win was a stab to the heart few drivers in the playoff bubble. One of those drivers was 23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace. The Toyota driver while talking about the win, admitted that he wasn’t happy at the moment with the youngster and revealed how he didn’t ride up next to him in the cool down lap to show appreciation.

You’ve got to be happy in this sport for other people winning. In the moment, hell no I wasn’t, no. It’s so funny, under the cooldown lap, usually you go up and ride up next to them. Yeah, I rode behind him, five car lengths.

But once Bubba Wallace settled down and took a shower, he went back to the victory lane to show his respect. He texted the youngster congratulating him and admitted that he is proud of Harrison Burton.

I went back to the bus, showered, changed, and then went back to Victory Lane. Yeah, and then we were texting yesterday. So, congrats to him. I’m super proud of him.

Bubba Wallace explains his plan for Darlington

The 23XI driver now have to have his best performance ever next week at the southern 500. But it won’t be enough as his rivals should also has to have bad days. While talking about his plans for the coming week, the Toyota driver admitted that he wats to be in the game from session one this weekend.

Darlington is another place where strategy comes into play with the tire deg and all that stuff. One stop, two stop. So I think we just have to figure out when we unload Saturday how our Saturday goes. I think that’ll dictate a lot. But at least getting the ball rolling, getting the juices flowing on Wednesday so we’re not caught with our pants down, as they say, when that time comes around.

The 23XI driver is riding a lot of pressure considering his teammate Tyler Reddick might win the regular season championship. If he fails to make it into the last-16, it will be fair to say he was poor in the season and should do better to win races.

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