Playoff drivers are 0-2 to start the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
Bubba Wallace got his second career Cup Series win on Sunday at Kansas Speedway as he held off 23XI Racing car owner Denny Hamlin for the win.
Wallace passed Alex Bowman for the lead with 70 laps to go in the 267-lap race and held the lead through the race’s final pit stop cycle. It’s the first regulation-distance win for Wallace after he got his first win in a rain-shortened race at Talladega in the fall of 2021.As he noted in his quote above, there’s no delegitimizing the win at Kansas. Both Wallace and car were fantastic over the final stage and he gained time on then-second place Christopher Bell during the pit stop cycle.
Wallace was driving his No. 23 car in that Talladega win. On Sunday he was in the No. 45 for 23XI Racing as the team is chasing the owner’s title in the Cup Series. The No. 45 car qualified for the playoffs with Kurt Busch’s win at Kansas in May but Busch has been out of the car since July when he suffered a concussion during a qualifying crash at Pocono.
With Busch out of the car indefinitely and the car qualified for the owner’s title, 23XI put Wallace in Busch’s car and Busch’s substitute Ty Gibbs in the No. 23. The move was made to maximize the team’s chances of winning that owner’s title and Wallace’s win now automatically qualifies the No. 45 for the second round of the playoffs.Kevin Harvick found himself out of the race early again Sunday after his car hit the wall in the first stage.
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