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Bubba Wallace Looks to Protect Top-10 Points Finish at Phoenix
Bubba Wallace currently sits 10th in points, 12 points ahead of Ross Chastain in seeking his second top-10 points finish at Phoenix on Sunday. Despite his points advantage, Chastain might actually be favored since he qualified 13th at a track where he is great, while Wallace qualified 23rd at a track where he is mediocre. Although Wallace typically runs well at short tracks, Phoenix isn't one of them, and he has only earned two top-10 finishes and led four laps here, although both of his top-10s came in the last two season finales. Chastain, meanwhile, has pretty consistently run well here and dominated in 2023 to become the only non-champion to win the finale under this playoff format. Since Wallace almost certainly won't win, his only priorities will be to support his boss Denny Hamlin's championship bid as much as possible and protect his top-10 points finish. Both of those could essentially come down to coin flips.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference
