Bubba Wallace Reveals Why it took him 7-8 years to realize Racing & NASCAR was his Destiny

Bubba Wallace has been one of NASCAR’s most prominent drivers. However, it took the man seven to eight years before he realized that racing would be his eventual destiny. Recently, Bubba spoke with three radio hosts and shared why it took him that long to understand.

During the interview, Wallace explained, “I think we were able to go and attend a go-kart race. A very underground race not many people there but we were one of the few in the stands and watching kids my age race go-karts and looked like they were having a lot of fun and obviously winning and being successful.”

He added, “Me and my dad were sitting there and he asked ‘hey you wanna try this? I said yeah sure why not. You know we were able to go out and buy a go-kart the next weekend and we went racing. But honestly, that was when I was nine. It took me about seven to eight years to kinda realize like, hey this is the path that I could stay on and make a living out of.”

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He went on to say that before this he did not know what would be the next thing for him. Wallace and his father would keep traveling all over to find better competitions and racetracks.

Bubba Wallace feels happy after a 5th place finish at Indianapolis Road Course

Bubba Wallace originally crossed the line in sixth place at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. However, soon after was promoted to fifth as Ross Chastain was slapped with a penalty and sent tumbling down the order.

The 23XI driver said that he felt luck was on his side during this race. Even though he made a few mistakes early on and well controversially cut across the entire field during the penultimate lap.

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Moreover, Since NASCAR did not penalize Wallace after the turn one incident where he avoided the escape road, he comfortably received another top 5 finish.