Can Bubba Wallace Fly a Plane?

Exciting times are ahead for 23XI Racing and Bubba Wallace. The United States Air Force will be serving as a primary for the #23 Toyota Camry XSE for select races in the 2024 schedule. Though the idea of fighter jets and speeding cars go hand in hand for the regular race car driver and fans, Bubba Wallace’s association with the Air Force runs a bit deeper.

Advertisement Back in 2019, had been a part of the Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Mission 600 program and visited the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina. Wallace had previously flown flight simulators at military bases and been in F 16s at the Shaw Air Force Base, but he’d never been in the cockpit of a F 15E Strike Eagle until then.

The ensuing flight at 500 miles per hour took quite the wind out of the racer. He referencing the F 15E and the two F 16s he’s been in the past, Wallace was joined by Capt. John “Wraith” Tilton on the F 15E and other pilots in his F 16 flights. Having all the work cut out for him and he didn’t have to actually make the jets fly.

So there’s little to say that he will be able to pilot a plane on his own. Advertisement These visiting experiences came for Wallace courtesy of the Mission 600 program and Richard Petty Motorsports’s partnership with the Air Force. Wallace has since then held an affinity for flying jets and is now reunited with them in his 23XI Racing car.

23XI Racing and the USAF partner for the 2024 NASCAR season The move that brings Wallace and the USAF together was announced through a team statement on Tuesday. Wallace had captained the colors of the Air Force in five races when he drove for Richard Petty Motorsports back in 2018. Talking about him getting to do it again, he said, Loading embed tweet https://twitter.com/BubbaWallace/status/1744746893794484314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Advertisement The Air Force too, expressed its delight at partnering with Bubba Wallace again.

According to the press release, the main reason behind this initiative is to The USAF has been a primary sponsor in NASCAR every year since 2001 and will keep its streak alive going into the 2024 season. Advertisement.