Wallace Eyes Daytona Victory |

02/17/2016

Wallace Eyes Daytona Victory

Wallace will make his fourth career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Daytona on Saturday afternoon. In three previous starts at the famed superspeedway, Wallace has recorded one top-10 finish, a seventh in the July 2014 event.

Bubba Wallace – Daytona Advance

Team: No. 6 Selfeo Ford Mustang

Crew Chief: Seth Barbour

Twitter: @BubbaWallace, @Bubba6Team and @RoushFenway

ADVANCE NOTES

Wallace at Daytona

Wallace also made two previous starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at “The World Center of Racing” in 2013 and 2014.

Seth Barbour at Daytona

Barbour enters the 2016 season NASCAR XFINITY Series season opener as the defending race winner. Barbour earned the victory at Daytona calling the shots for Roush Fenway Racing teammate Ryan Reed.

Overall, Barbour has recorded one win, two top-fives and two top-10s in four starts at Daytona.

QUOTE WORTHY

Wallace on racing at Daytona:

“Daytona is crazy. Racing three-wide 10 rows deep gets intense. We haven’t had the best of luck here in the past but we did lead a good amount of laps in this race last year and I’m confident that this No. 6 Selfeo Ford Mustang can get out front again. Really looking forward to getting this season going and hope we end up in victory lane come Saturday.”

Wallace on 2016 Season:

“Everybody is itching to get back to the race track. (Crew chief) Seth (Barbour) and I have been talking about ways to be better as a team this season and to be stronger and smarter than ever. We have to look at the big picture every race and be sure to not put ourselves in a spot that could hurt us. That’s what Chris (Buescher) did so well last year and what helped them win a championship. There’s really a lot that goes into it in order to have the championship mentality, especially now more than ever with the new Chase format. That adds a whole new level of excitement and intensity.”