“5 just tried to f—— force middle there.” Bubba Wallace’s spotter audibly lost his temper after the carnage on last Saturday’s race. The No. 23 pit crew member had reasons to relax, as Wallace was already in the playoffs by way of a thrilling Brickyard 400 victory. However, his duties as a 23XI Racing employee were not done, as Wallace’s teammate was at risk of losing this season’s shot. What resulted was a controversial incident, which the insider owned up to, countering his initial fury at the No. 5.

Ryan Blaney won the Coke Zero Sugar 400 in grand style, making a late-race dash from 13th to 1st. What was more remarkable was overcoming his history of superspeedway wrecks. Yet while Blaney put to rest his 6-race wreck-riddled streak on drafting tracks, his rivals continued theirs. And

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