04/05/2016

Wallace Ready to Take on Texas

Wallace will make his third career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night. In two previous starts, Wallace has recorded one top-10, a sixth-place finish in this event in 2015. Wallace has also made four starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at the 1.5-mile oval, recording three top-10 finishes with a best finish of sixth coming in June 2013.

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Team:              No. 6 Fastenal Ford Mustang

Crew Chief:     Seth Barbour

Twitter:            @BubbaWallace, @Bubba6Team and @RoushFenway

ADVANCE NOTES

Wallace at Texas

Wallace will make his third career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night.

In two previous starts, Wallace has recorded one top-10, a sixth-place finish in this event in 2015.

Wallace has also made four starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at the 1.5-mile oval, recording three top-10 finishes with a best finish of sixth coming in June 2013.

Recapping Fontana

Wallace earned a podium finish at Auto Club Speedway after taking the checkered flag in the third position. With the result, Wallace improved to eighth in the NASCAR XFINITY Series championship standings.

Seth Barbour at Texas

Barbour will call his seventh NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Texas on Friday. In six previous starts, Barbour’s best finish at the Fort Worth track is 15th with Roush Fenway driver Ryan Reed in this event last season.

QUOTE WORTHY

Wallace on racing at Texas:

“Texas is a great track. I’m ready to get there after having two weeks off and build off of our top-three finish in California. We ran pretty well there in this race last year and I’m confident we can improve on that this Friday night with our Fastenal Ford.”