Bubba Wallace gains playoff momentum after top-five finish at Indianapolis

NASCAR.com's Alex Weaver catches up with 23XI Racing's Bubba Wallace after his top-five run in the Brickyard 400.

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00:00started this race here at the brickyard 400 in 17th. But you got some points there at

00:05the end of this race. I'm gonna say it's a five right now, but unofficially they have

00:11you scored at ninth. But it may be top five. How do you feel about your day? Yeah, I mean,

00:14if we want to go that route, then excuse me, then every time a caution comes out, you gas

00:20up and get as many spots as you can. So we were fifth. Man, what a day. Just do not do

00:27a good job Friday and Saturday and set us behind for track position and really didn't

00:32know what our car had. But I know the people we have on it. That's what matters the most.

00:37So appreciate booty in the gang here for just giving me a car to work with. And the 23 Toyota

00:46Camry Air US Air Force rated Camry was really, really fast. Felt really good. First couple

00:51laps. I was like, I don't know what we have, but it's gonna be back on the oval. Obviously,

00:55the finishes is making my mood better, but it's really difficult to pass. But all in

01:02all, a good day. I'm assuming a good points day. But thing I'm focused on now is seeing

01:07my life that big ass belly and enjoying the two weeks off. You mentioned this two weeks,

01:14but then we'll head to Richmond. This team is bouncing around there in the cutoff line

01:18for the playoff elimination. What do you gotta do in this four weeks left remaining? Besides

01:22win a race? I know that would be key. Yeah, I don't. I don't know. I guess we we don't

01:26want to win races. No, it's just do what we do what we do like we did today. Show up.

01:33Execute. Don't put ourselves in a bad spot and take what the weekend will give you. And

01:39next thing you know, you end up top five or ninth if you want to call it that. Go take

01:43care of a man of these two weeks. Okay,