Few drivers make the playoffs after not qualifying in their first five seasons. But Bubba Wallace has found a way to continue to progress.
won early this season and was ahead of Wallace in the points. So making the playoffs was a career-defining moment for Wallace, who finished 14th in the overall regular-season standings, 80 points behind 12th-place Reddick.most likely would have had more points if he had not missed six races with a broken leg and another for a one-race suspension. But Wallace did what he had to do to make the playoffs.
Wallace is averaging 23.85 points per race this year. Last year in the regular season, he averaged 21.35. He beat drivers from Joe Gibbs Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, Team Penske, Stewart-Haas Racing and Richard Childress Racing, among others, for a spot in the playoffs.
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