Bubba Wallace airs it out on Chicago Street Race, Alex Bowman scrap, Kyle Larson

Bubba Wallace broke his silence on his incidents with Alex Bowman and Kyle Larson at the Chicago Street Race. After being released from the care center, Wallace said he was happy with the work he put in on Sunday.

“I’m just proud of the effort,” Wallace told NASCAR.com. “You know, late call on the 5 that got us spun. Hated that. Just when you think everything’s going OK, but we were able to jump ship and switch up plans, put us right back in the race. So man, I was passing cars, having fun, showing that we keep improving and keep building confidence. We’ll be fine. So hate to see it end that way. It was fun. Fun with the 48. No love lost, all good.”

Bubba Wallace was near the rear of the field to start the race after incidents during Saturday’s qualifying session. He worked up to 18th place at the end of Stage 1, but his No. 23 Toyota was sent spinning after contact with Kyle Larson’s No. 5 Chevrolet on the 25th lap.

Alex Bowman speaks out on incident with Bubba Wallace

Wallace rallied and finished fifth after Stage 2 and was in the top 10 during the final laps of the race. But Bowman made contact with Wallace, who spun out and earned a P28 finish. Along with the spin-out, Wallace’s No. 23 car suffered a broken toe link.

Bubba Wallace and Alex Bowman were competing for seventh place before the incident. But the two were also facing each other in the second round of NASCAR’s In-Season Tournament. Wallace and Bowman are no strangers on the track as they had issues during last year’s Chicago Street Race.

“I wish I would have talked to him before all my interviews, because I did all the interviews under the context that he thought I right-reared him and just crashed him,” Bowman told NASCAR.com. “And then I talked to him, and he thought I was crossing him over and he was clear outside. Spotters can’t see over there, and I was just outside of him, and he moved up. And I hate to say he did it to himself, but he did it to himself, and that’s what he was saying, like he thought I was crossing over.

“So yeah, I hate that I did a bunch of interviews like, ‘what the hell, man?’ But yeah, I’m sure he’s not happy that he got crashed, but at the same time, like I’m between him and the fence. There’s not so much you can do.”