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In the 2022 NASCAR Cup season, the 23XI Racing team has improved in leaps and bounds. Bubba Wallace has noticed the difference, especially since he has been with the team since its inception. This year, the organization has racked up a win for Kurt Busch.

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In addition to that, Bubba Wallace has been consistently in the Top 10 for the past couple of races. However, they have made mistakes, which were costly.

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Talking more about it, he said, “There’s no greater feeling than winning. We know and recognize how different our season could have gone under certain circumstances. The one thing you can’t knock is the speed we’ve had in our cars during some of those bad races.”

“If we keep up this speed, everything will come together. We’ve had mistakes – either on my end or the team’s end. It’s not taking ourselves out of races and producing the best results. We have some stuff to clean up on our end.”

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How has Bubba Wallace performed this season?

Arguably, it has been an up and down campaign for the #23 driver. Sometimes, he has made some costly mistakes that squandered a good finish. On other occasions, there have been a number of mistakes from the team, to the point of getting a whole new pit crew. Ever since he began using Christopher Bell’s pit crew, things have begun to work smoother.

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In the last two races, he set a personal record of two consecutive Top 10 finishes. This means that he is steadily finding his rhythm and could be a threat as the regular season winds down.

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At the moment, just two Playoff spots remain, and there are five races remaining. So, the pressure is on everyone to either win a race or stop new winners from adding their names. Wallace, as of now, is a part of the first category.

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