Alex Bowman rode to Victory Lane on Sunday on the Chicago Street Course, choosing up the eighth win of his NASCAR Cup Series profession and placing him in a great spot to make the playoffs.
His journey to the winner’s circle was a bit bumpy as he confronted a retaliatory push into the wall from Bubba Wallace. Bowman spun out Wallace on Lap 25, costing the No. 23 driver monitor place and a possible shot at profitable the race. Wallace completed thirteenth.
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Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 23XI Racing McDonald’s Toyota, drives throughout the NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 165 on the Chicago Street Circuit on July 7, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Ben Hsu/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Images)
Bowman stated afterward he was “embarrassed” by the spin and tried to succeed in Wallace after the race, in line with NBC Sports.
“We’ve raced one another tremendous honest and tremendous clear,” Bowman stated, by way of FOX Sports. “I simply tousled and ruined his day and I hate that.”
On Wallace’s bump, Bowman stated there shouldn’t be a penalty for it.
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Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 McDonald’s Toyota, greets followers as he walks offstage throughout driver intros previous to the NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 165 at Chicago Street Course on July 7, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Quinn Harris/Getty Images)
“The restart was chaotic, proper,” he stated. “I simply made each fallacious determination I probably might, and I used to be I combating with my windshield wiper swap, making an attempt to get the factor working, and I could not get it working. And I used to be centered on that, missed the nook and cleaned him out.
“I locked all 4 tires up and slid proper into him. I simply tousled and completely ruined his day.”
Wallace has but to answer the controversy. He posted a goodbye photograph on his Instagram Stories however nothing past that.
Alex Bowman, driver of the #48 Ally Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after profitable the NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 165 at Chicago Street Course on July 7, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)
He is fifteenth within the drivers’ standings.
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The NASCAR playoffs are set for Sept. 8.
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