“It’s wild,” Bubba Wallace gives his verdict on BONKERS Chicago Street Race weekend
Bubba Wallace has been NASCAR’s main ambassador for the Chicago event debut.
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23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace will start the Chicago Street Race event at P14 on Sunday. It was a good qualifying session for the Toyota driver even though his teammate Tyler Reddick secured P2 and boss Denny Hamlin scored P1, considering he is not the best at Road Courses. The Cup driver’s first experience of the street course was a calm afar, considering they were just a few minor crashes.
While talking about the whole weekend experience in his post-qualifying interview, Bubba Wallace pointed out that the event was wild in a good way. He added that he could phase out that the track was in the middle of a city once he entered the car. His plan for the primary race on Sunday is to hit the brakes correctly and drive near-perfect laps.
“It’s wild. It’s wild in a good way. The only thing I talked to my team about is I don’t feel – when I’m in the race car – the city aspect as much as you see it (outside the car). For me, it’s like, OK, don’t hit that concrete wall, don’t hit that one, look at the brake markers, make sure you hit the apex of the corner,” Wallace said.
He went on to add that “bonkers” is a good word to describe the race, which demands you to have complete focus on the track. He said, “So, I think we go into race mode, and it’s a good thing we’re not paying attention to the outside. But yeah, I’d say bonkers is a good word (for the weekend).”
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Kyle Busch feels the Chicago Street Race is normal
Two times Cup champion Kyle Busch said after the qualifying that the track was similar to what he expected and that the new car is better served for such races. He pointed out that the old cars now used in Xfinity put drivers on more edge during the races.
“It feels OK. It feels like normal. It feels like what you’d expect. Honestly, it’s better served for this type of environment than the old car. You saw a lot of guys wheel hopping and having issues with the Xfinity (Series) car, which are truck arm cars, and that doesn’t lend itself to very good braking opportunities getting deep into corners and not wheel hopping,” Busch said.
The main race on Sunday will be a big challenge for the Cup drivers as, unlike in the qualifying, the traffic will change the whole game. Chaos is guaranteed; survival will be the game’s name for most in the field.
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