Sunday night saw a historic finish in the NASCAR Cup Series, with Daniel Suarez taking home the checkered flag at Sonoma Raceway.
Suarez became just the fifth driver born outside of the United States to win a NASCAR Cup Series race, and the first born in Mexico.
It was a far worse day for Cup Series competitor Bubba Wallace, who had an abrupt end to his race after only ten laps when he suffered an engine failure that he and his team couldn’t recover from.
Bubba Wallace is done for the day after 10 laps at Sonoma. https://t.co/fPbhFctoI2 pic.twitter.com/TwZepF4vPx
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) June 12, 2022
It has been the latest in a string of bad luck for Wallace, who has finished outside the top 25 in each of the last three Cup Series races.
Wallace took to social media following his short outing on Sunday, poking fun at himself and the unfortunate situation with his engine.
*engine has left the chat* pic.twitter.com/ppO5dmXN7s
— Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) June 12, 2022
Many NASCAR fans thought that Wallace had the right mindset despite an obviously frustrating night, keeping it light-hearted on social media.
Hang in there @BubbaWallace. Better days ahead! Enjoy the off weekend https://t.co/7r3n8CvyZT
— Jake Heller (@JRake_88) June 13, 2022
It’s nice to see a driver make something light hearted out of an unfortunate situation! Keep at it @BubbaWallace! #NASCAR https://t.co/3d7CgMZd4A
— Justin Seger (@Scuff_Seger) June 12, 2022
hoping you have better luck the second half of the season!! it’s not too late to catch a win at atlanta or daytona👀
— Preston💜🍉 (formerly innerprize) (@innerprizee) June 12, 2022
Yours is coming. Great optimism interview post engine failure. https://t.co/7GDXaKBc7K
— GunniferJenning (@GunniferJenning) June 13, 2022
Wallace came out of the gates hot to start this season with a second-place finish at the Daytona 500, but he has been unable to replicate this impressive performance in the past few weeks.
He will look to get things on track later this month at the next Cup Series event Sunday, when he heads to Nashville Superspeedway for the Ally 400.
