Bubba Wallace Wins Thrilling NASCAR Brickyard 400 After Double Overtime Drama
Legions of NASCAR fans enjoyed one of the most amazing finishes at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway when Bubba Wallace took the top prize at the Brickyard 400 after an epic two-time overtime race. The 23XI Racing driver ended a 100-race outstanding losing streak, defeating Kyle Larson to capture one of the most esteemed races in NASCAR.
Wallace Dominates Final Laps in Brickyard 400 Victory
However, the Brickyard 400 was exciting because the race stopped at some point due to rain, forcing the competition to go into overtime several times. This gave every driver the chance to test his/her skills and strategies. Wallace started the race in the front row, and he demonstrated racecraft par excellence in a 168-lap race that was eight laps longer than what it was supposed to be.
Wallace got into his pit stop on lap 142 when Ryan Blaney did the same and was able to build an enormous lead of five seconds. The belated in-race shower, however bollixed the game, disorientating the track and creating the overtime action that NASCAR fans simply can never get enough of.
Overtime restarts one put Wallace in the lead of Larson, but a five-car accident on the backstretch during the lap caused the second overtime restart. Wallace had decided to make the game changer decision to hold position, instead of calling into pits to change the tires and the fuel as the fuel worries had continued to circulate.
Brickyard 400 Win Ends Long Drought for Wallace
This 2022 daylight victory on the Brickyard 400 was the 3rd of his career, and it was the initial victory within the race of our next NASCAR Cup Series since September 11, 2022, at Kansas Speedway in his Franklin Barbecue Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. The emotional victory came at the right time because Wallace was struggling on the cutline of the playoff at this tournament before he went out and built this breakout.
You can not believe beating it here at the Brickyard, Wallace, who was out of his car, said. You know how big this race is, you know everything that transpires in the background. To put all that aside shows the type of people that are on this 23-team.
It all came to an end in the form of some touching moments with his wife, Amanda, and 10-month-old son Becks, with the crowning of the victory coming in the form of the personal significance of this Brickyard 400 victory.
Wallace’s partner, Denny Hamlin, a team co-owner who was running the rebound when he crashed in a qualifying run and had to start in the back in a backup car, but finished third. Kyle Larson, the current champion of the Brickyard 400, had to finish on the second place despite moving to Wallace during the final rounds.
Meanwhile in an in-season special in which competitors were able to win the NASCAR In-Season Challenge and its $1-million payoff leading the pack on the track in front of Ty Dillon, Ty Gibbs prevailed.
NASCAR Cup City moves back onto racetrack on the 3rd of August, the coming Sunday at the Iowa Speedway, and Wallace will be seeking to move his good showing in this previous race at the Brickyard 400 into this new race.
