Bubba Wallace reveals what he learned from missed opportunity at Texas in 2023

Bubba Wallace had refused to watch the ending of last year’s playoff race at Texas. However, he finally took a look at the tape this week. Getting ready to return to the Lone Star State this NASCAR Sunday, Wallace had to make notes.

The 23XI Racing driver was great at Texas in 2023. He had the lead and it looked like, if he could just outlast everyone else on the final restart, he would pick up his third career win. Well, he didn’t outlast them.

Instead, Bubba Wallace got pushed around a bit by Chase Briscoe, opening the door for William Byron to take off and win the race.

Wallace talked to the media on Saturday about the film and what he learned from rewatching that finish.

“That if Chase Briscoe is starting on the bottom, pick the bottom, don’t let him restart on the bottom, because he ain’t gonna lift. Nah,” Wallace said, joking. “We did look at a lot of restarts though. It all starts kind of from pushing. It’s who you want lined up on your bumper pushing to give you that advantage.

“So, I think we gotta do a better job of analyzing that in the moment and calling the right shots to set yourself up. But first, we gotta have a good race, we gotta get to the end, we gotta get to the Green-White-Checkered finishes, or whatever it was, to make that all come to fruition.”