{"id":172317,"date":"2025-09-21T18:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/172317\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T18:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:07:07","slug":"bubba-wallace-shares-funny-retirement-comment-after-svgs-best-oval-qualifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/172317\/","title":{"rendered":"Bubba Wallace shares funny ‘retirement’ comment after SVG’s best oval qualifying"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bubba Wallace<\/a> and Shane van Gisbergen<\/a> spent a good part of the summer racing Legends cars alongside IndyCar star Scott McLaughlin. Taking part in the mid-week Summer Shootout Series, Wallace would share their weekly adventures through YouTube vlogs.<\/p>\n

A part of the fun included a friendly bet about qualifying with the slowest of the group forced to buy lunch\/dinner. Wallace also made a comment about retiring if SVG ever bests him in NASCAR Cup qualifying on an oval.<\/p>\n

Well, SVG may be eliminated from the playoffs but the three-time Supercars champion continues his uphill climb as he learns oval racing. At New Hampshire, the New Zealander managed to quaify tenth while Wallace will start 14th on the grid.<\/a><\/p>\n

Van Gisbergen’s previous best Cup qualifying effort on an oval (excluding a pole in a non-points event at North Wilkesboro) was 11th in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n

After the session, Wallace reached out to SVG with the Kiwi responding: “Haven’t seen your retirement post.” Here’s the full exchange as shared via social media, with Wallace posting: “Old bloke out-qualified me, now I gotta retire.”<\/p>\n

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SVG has four wins this year, but all of those came on road courses. His best result on an oval was 14th, which came in both the Coca-Cola 600 and at Richmond Raceway.<\/p>\n

NHMS begins the Round of 12 for the 2025 playoff fight, with Wallace just one point above the cutline following the points reset.<\/a><\/p>\n

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