“What a joke,” NASCAR Twitter reacts to Bubba Wallace taking over Kurt Busch’s No:45 for the 23X1 Racing playoff campaign

Bubba Wallace

The 23X1 Racing had a disappointing end to their regular season campaign though they had their best cup campaign in two years. While Bubba Wallace failed to secure the playoff spot as he went winless while veteran driver Kurt Busch was ruled out of the race as he failed to recover from the concussion he suffered following the Pocono crash.

Though Wallace had a late resurgence as he scored some impressive top 5 runs, he wasn’t able to convert that to an all-important win. But that did create up an opening for the Michael Jordan-Denny Hamlin-owned team to compete for the construction championship and place themselves in a good position at the end of the season.

Now in order to maximize the time of their constructor’s championship campaign in the 2022 season, the 23X1 Racing team has decided to switch numbers between Bubba Wallace and ty Gibbs, which will see the former driving the car marked Nio:45 while later will drive the No:23 car. The switch is limited to the numbers as there won’t be any crew or personal switches associated with it.

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How NASCAR Twitter reacted to the Bubba Wallace switch

NASCAR Twitter had mixed reactions to Bubba Wallace taking over the number as some were confused about the switch while others ridiculed the decision from the 23X1 management. There were also some funny reactions and trolls coming their way, and it is safe to say that the fan on Twitter wasn’t that fond of the switch.

He isn’t running for a driver championship, it’s just owners championship. For that they could have switched drivers every race. Nothing new
— Jeremy Kutz (@JeremyKutz9) August 31, 2022

Owners points not drive
— Brandon Watkins (@Brandon_W22) August 31, 2022

it the same seat he been in all year.
— marshall dye (@snackgod) August 31, 2022

They made this move because Bubba is doing better than Ty
— HendrickChase9 (@hendrickchase9) August 31, 2022

Thank you for admitting to the world you are racist. I understand it was a difficult but brave decision, and hopefully now you can seek help
— Christopher Weil (@Chrisw265) August 31, 2022

So does that mean Blaney can race for a drivers championship, but Penske can’t win an owners championship (with him)? ?
— Tim Bristow (@Tim_Bristow_) August 31, 2022

Seems like this move means Kurt is done this year.
— iowa sports fan (@CjNascar6767) August 31, 2022

I guess you could say I’m a new fan. I’ve always been aware of Nascar, but only started watching every race the past couple of seasons.
I have no idea how the playoffs work, other than its basically win and you’re in-except when you don’t win and you’re still in.
Yea, confusing
— James (@LifeWithJamesW) August 31, 2022

https://twitter.com/gutbomb/status/1565065102751338496

You realize it will be the exact same equipment right? It’s literally a number change for points purposes. Dudes not jumping in another “car”.
— Jason (@_jason___) August 31, 2022

Average finish for Bubba vs Ty? Last 6 races? Do you know the answer? You don’t? Ok… good news is that the 45 team do… the answer is Bubba has the 5th best average finish of ALL drivers in the last (dang… that’s really good, right? Man, only 4 better)… Ty 20th.
— KennyMac (@KennyMcyD) August 31, 2022

I'm surprised at how many fans don't understand the difference between the "owners" championship and the "drivers" championship.
— Orioles Magic (@DelawareHTTR) August 31, 2022

https://twitter.com/luckybasscat88/status/1565066158641975301

https://twitter.com/HamlinNascar/status/1565057179035508740

https://twitter.com/Not_Important_B/status/1565074543407947780

I'm missing something here, how can either car win the owners championship when the entire race team has only won 2 races and one of them was because of rain.
— William Stott (@wstott1011) September 1, 2022

https://twitter.com/Ashland_ish/status/1565092332059377665

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“What a joke,” NASCAR Twitter reacts to Bubba Wallace taking over Kurt Busch’s No:45 for the 23X1 Racing playoff campaign

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