“That was the hardest hit I’ve had,” Bubba Wallace on his Atlanta crash that cost him a win
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Bubba Wallace
Bubba Wallace has been one of the prominent drivers for a long time when it comes to racing on superspeedways. With the newly modified Atlanta track, making it feel more like a superspeedway, he almost had the edge on everyone, unfortunately, he crashed towards the final laps of the race.
Bubba Wallace was in his prime when he raced on the Daytona International Speedway this year as he stole P2 with just 2 points less than the winner Austin Cindric.
What happened between Bubba Wallace and Ryan Blaney in Atlanta
Bubba Wallace was in lead for the most part of the race and was pretty dominant running ahead of the pack. Despite starting 19th, Bubba Wallace kept pushing his limits during the middle stage and finished 8th after the second stage of the race, and came into the lead towards the final stages.
Bubba Wallace kept the lead for three laps straight before coming into contact twice with two different drivers as the race came to an end. He was holding his ground right behind William Byron when he gets hit by Ross Chastain on the inside throwing Bubba Wallace back to 8th. Just before hitting the finish line, Ryan Blaney and Chase Briscoe come into contact with each other dragging Bubba Wallace along with them into the outside wall resulting in Wallace finishing 13th.
Bubba Wallace later spoke with Fox Sports stating that it was the hardest hit he received since Pocono and that it is pretty common in his line of work assuring that he was fine when the crew helped him out of the car. “All good. That was the hardest hit I’ve had. I think that was harder than Pocono,” Bubba Wallace told Fox’s Bob Pockrass. “
What was said in the immediate radio conversation between Bubba Wallace and his spotter after the crash
As soon as the vehicles came to a halt, Freddie Kraft, the spotter of Bubba Wallace immediately took to comms to make sure Wallace was okay but there was utter silence. The spotter later asked Wallace to catch his breath with his crew chief, Bootie Barker also joining to make sure he was alright.
“Catch your breath. Just catch your breath. Tell me you’re alright,” his spotter said. With no response, Wallace’s crew chief Bootie Barker jumped in. “You OK, Bubba?” he asked.
With after a few seconds of silence, the crew chief asks again as the spotter responds to the crew chief requesting him to give Bubba Wallace some time, and after a while, Bubba Wallace responds with a “Yeah” while gasping for air. “Give him a second. He lost his breath,” Kraft said calmly. “Just let him catch his breath”, Wallace gasped “Yeah” breathing heavily.
Bubba Wallace is now all set to race on the COTA next week and let’s see what he has in store for us motorsport fans.
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