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t into the playoffs with a win in the NASCAR Chicago Street Race on Sunday evening, but there will likely be fallout after a postrace incident involving his vehicle and the No. 23 car of Bubba Wallace.

During Sunday’s race, Bowman clipped Wallace’s car on the 25^th lap, causing it to spin out and collide with the wall. Wallace ended up finishing in 13^th place, while Bowman snapped an 80-race winless drought with his triumph.

As the cars approached Turn 12 on the circuit during the cooldown lap and were preparing to turn onto Columbus Drive, Wallace pulled up alongside Bowman’s vehicle and hit the door of the car with his front-left tire, a maneuver known as “door slamming.”

Bowman addressed the situation in victory lane, apologizing to Wallace’s team for the earlier incident.