“It is unfortunate for my team,” said Wallace after the race. “We come here and I messed up on the first lap in the first practice we had and then we were sitting pretty for the rest of the weekend. We will go on to Mid-Ohio and try to have some luck there. I want to thank Cheez-It. It is just a bummer, we hate it. My team gave me a great Cheez-It Ford Mustang, it just was not our day.”
Wallace took the green flag for the 82-Lap event from the 11th position and wasted little time moving forward, cracking the top-10 after Lap 1 and up to as high as ninth before the caution came out on Lap 14. While under caution, crew chief Seth Barbour called the Cheez-it Mustang to pit road for four tires and fuel. Some fellow competitors opted for fuel only, or just two tires, which combined with some pit road traffic, resulted in Wallace returning to the track in 22nd for the ensuing green flag restart.
The field restarted on lap 17 but a multi-car incident going through the Esses occurred right in front of Wallace, severely damaging the nose of the Cheez-It Mustang. After surveying the damage on pit road, crew chief Barbour decided that the car had to go behind the wall for repairs.
After 19 laps in the garage, Wallace returned to the track to try to gain as many valuable positions as possible. In the end, Wallace would be scored with a 29th-place finish.
Next up for the NASCAR XFINITY Series is Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Saturday, Aug. 6 at 2:00pm EST.
RFR Press Release.
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