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No wonder Bubba Wallace makes it to the news whether he wins a race or not. Even if Wallace Jr finishes the race last, there would be something interesting to come out from the 23XI driver. Lately, the NASCAR Cup Series driver is in news for blocking one of the most influential men in the United States on Twitter.

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NASCAR was in Alabama for the tenth round of the Cup Series. The GEICO 500 race just concluded on Sunday, and Bubba couldn’t pull off a stunner to repeat his Talladega achievement. The last year’s race winner just managed to hold on to the first stage win this time around.

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As the NASCAR was in Talladega Superspeedway for the first time this year, Bubba Wallace slumped to 17th when he crossed the finish line. Despite having a good start, Darrell failed to make amends. This made Nick Adams put up a tweet on Bubba, criticizing him. The writer wrote,Bubba Wallace is woke and talentless.

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As mentioned by the writer himself that Wallace Jr. blocked him on the social networking site. The writer further wrote on this, “Bubba Wallace has blocked me because he can’t handle constructive criticism.” Nick Adams is the ‘best selling author endorsed by President Trump.’

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How did Bubba Wallace perform at Talladega Superspeedway this time?

There were huge expectations regarding the 23XI driver’s chances at the huge racing track this time around. Not only the team hype him up for the win but also his spotter stated that Talladega would be the perfect place to start the journey for the win.

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Bubba started off at Talladega strongly as he took the first stage win. However, his push led to the crash of Joey Logano and 5-6 other cars on stage two.

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In the end, Bubba finished in 17th and took home 30 points at Alabama.

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After the race at Talladega, Bubba is in 21st position in the driver’s standings with 193 points. Chase Elliott continues to lead the championship points with 368 points. NASCAR next goes to Dover on the first week of May.

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Sabyasachi Biswas is a NASCAR writer at EssentiallySports. Holding a master’s degree in mass communication and journalism, he has over eight years of experience covering motorsports. Apart from being a keen enthusiast, Sabyasachi is an ardent Kyle Larson fan. Besides this, he has been a die-hard 'Madridista' for years, a big Max Verstappen and Red Bull fan, and at the same time misses Roger Federer in action. As an athlete, Sabyasachi played soccer at the sub-junior level. He's also a travel freak and likes trying out different cuisines when he's away from the keyboard.

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