DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 16: Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 McDonald's Toyota, speaks to the media during the NASCAR Cup Series 64th Annual Daytona 500 Media Day at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 2022 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)Bubba Wallace came extremely close to winning the Daytona 500 on Sunday evening.
Sunday night, the 23XI Racing driver finished in second place in the Daytona 500. He came within feet of beating out Austin Cindric for the win.
Unfortunately, Wallace had to settle for second place.
RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE 😳
Austin Cindric edges out Bubba Wallace to win the #Daytona500 pic.twitter.com/yBrhcYvuO9
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 21, 2022
Wallace was understandably emotional following the close finish. Later on Sunday night, he took to Twitter to express his thoughts.
The process of chasing dreams is experiencing the heart breaks. Solid effort by the @23XIRacing team. Stings, but we’ll take this momentum into the season. pic.twitter.com/3i3pbGdN9v
— Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) February 21, 2022
Beer makes me happy again. But DAMNNNNNNNNNNN! So close.
Now im pissed again 🤬🤬
— Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) February 21, 2022
Should’ve coliseum’d @AustinCindric ass pic.twitter.com/YlWDGZmiWV
— Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) February 21, 2022
Finally heading home!!
Pissed again.
Love y’all
Night night 🤘🏾— Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) February 21, 2022
A second place finish is disappointing, but it’s still a pretty great start to the season for Wallace and the 23XI Racing team.
Wallace and the rest of the NASCAR world will now head to California for the Auto Club 400.
