Bubba Wallace

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Bubba Wallace
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Wallace at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024
BornWilliam Darrell Wallace Jr.
(1993-10-08) October 8, 1993 (age 31)
Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
AchievementsHighest finishing African-American in the Daytona 500 (2nd, 2018 and 2022)
2017 U.S. Short Track Nationals Super Late Model 100 Winner (inaugural race)
First African-American to win in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (Martinsville, 2014)
Awards2010 K&N Pro Series East Rookie of the Year
2008 UARA-Stars Late Model Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
247 races run over 8 years
Car no., teamNo. 23 (23XI Racing)
2023 position10th
Best finish10th (2023)
First race 2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400 (Pocono)
Last race 2024 Xfinity 500 (Martinsville)
First win 2021 YellaWood 500 (Talladega)
Last win 2022 Hollywood Casino 400 (Kansas)
WinsTop tens Poles
2453
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
88 races run over 7 years
2022 position105th
Best finish7th (2015)
First race 2012 Pioneer Hi-Bred 250 (Iowa)
Last race 2022 Pennzoil 150 (Indianapolis G.P.)
WinsTop tens Poles
0362
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
51 races run over 7 years
2023 position94th
Best finish3rd (2014)
First race 2013 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Last race 2023 Tyson 250 (North Wilkesboro)
First win 2013 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last win 2017 LTi Printing 200 (Michigan)
WinsTop tens Poles
6303
ARCA Menards Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish137th (2013)
First race 2013 Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
ARCA Menards Series East career
37 races run over 4 years
Best finish2nd (2011)
First race 2010 Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 (Greenville-Pickens)
Last race 2018 Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100 (Watkins Glen)
First win 2010 Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 (Greenville-Pickens)
Last win 2012 Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 (Greenville-Pickens)
WinsTop tens Poles
6264
Statistics current as of November 5, 2023.

William Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. [1] (born October 8, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 23 Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing.

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Wallace was previously a development driver in Toyota's driver development program where he drove part-time for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Xfinity Series and full-time for Kyle Busch Motorsports in the Camping World Truck Series. He then moved over to Ford and their driver development program and competed full-time for Roush Fenway Racing in the Xfinity Series. After competing in select Cup Series races for Richard Petty Motorsports in their famous No. 43 as an injury replacement for Aric Almirola, Wallace became a full-time driver for RPM in the same car when Almirola left the team, which was his first full-time ride in the Cup Series.

Wallace has been the only full-time African American driver in NASCAR's three national series (Cup, Xfinity, and Truck) each year he has competed in them.

Racing career

Early career

Wallace started racing in the Bandolero and Legends car racing series, as well as local late model events, at the age of nine. [2] In 2005, he won 35 of the Bandolero Series' 48 races held that year; [2] in 2008 he became the youngest driver to win at Franklin County Speedway in Virginia. [3]

NASCAR K&N Pro Series/Drive for Diversity

Wallace with a member of the U.S. Army, the sponsor of his East Series car in 2011, at Richmond that year. Darrell Wallace, Jr. Army.jpg
Wallace with a member of the U.S. Army, the sponsor of his East Series car in 2011, at Richmond that year.
Wallace (No. 18) starting from the pole at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in 2012. Starting alongside him is the car he drove the prior year, the Rev Racing No. 6, now driven by Kyle Larson. K&N Pro East Series at Greenville-Pickens Speedway.jpg
Wallace (No. 18) starting from the pole at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in 2012. Starting alongside him is the car he drove the prior year, the Rev Racing No. 6, now driven by Kyle Larson.

In 2010, Wallace began competing in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, a regional and developmental series. Wallace drove for Rev Racing as part of NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program, [4] [5] and was signed as a development driver for Joe Gibbs Racing. [6] He won his very first race in the series, at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, becoming the youngest driver ever to win at the track, [4] he was also the youngest, which began as the Busch North Series in 1987. [7] He also won later in the year at Lee USA Speedway in New Hampshire, [8] on his way to finishing third in series points and winning the series' Rookie of the Year award. [6] He was the first African American to win the Rookie of the Year award in a NASCAR series. [9] Wallace's 2011 season would see him winning three times, at Richmond International Raceway, Columbus Motor Speedway, and Dover International Speedway, and he finished second in points to Max Gresham. [4]

Wallace moved to race directly for Joe Gibbs Racing for the 2012 season. [2] Racing the entire K&N East Series season along with four to six selected races in the Nationwide Series, [10] Wallace won the second East event of the year at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, his first win with JGR. [11]

In 2018, Wallace returned to K&N East at Watkins Glen driving the No. 27 Chevrolet for Jefferson Pitts Racing to provide him with extra road course seat time before the Cup Series race later that weekend. [12]

Xfinity Series

2012

Wallace made his national series debut in the Xfinity Series in late May, driving the No. 20 Dollar General Toyota for JGR at Iowa Speedway; [13] he ran in the top ten for most of the event, finishing 9th. [14] After posting further top ten finishes in his next two starts in the series, Wallace won his first career Nationwide Series pole at Dover International Speedway in late September. [15]

2014

In 2014, he returned to the Nationwide Series for Joe Gibbs Racing in the No. 20, starting in May at Talladega Superspeedway where he would finish 34th after being involved in The Big One while running 13th. [16] He ran only one more Nationwide race that year, at Daytona in July with Coca-Cola's "Share a Coke" campaign sponsoring where he would finish a strong 7th.

2015

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Wallace (right) with the Sunoco Rookie of the Race Award at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2015
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Wallace's No. 6 at Road America in 2015

Following the 2014 season, it was expected that Wallace would move up to the Xfinity Series with Joe Gibbs Racing in a full-time ride, with the owner Joe Gibbs claiming they would have "a big program" for the young driver. [17] After the team struggled to find sponsorship for more than 15 races, on December 8, 2014, Wallace announced he had been granted his request to leave JGR and seek other opportunities. [18] Later, it was reported he had signed a deal to compete in the Xfinity Series for Roush Fenway Racing for 2015 with Chad Norris as his crew chief. On December 18, 2014, RFR officially announced that they had signed Wallace to compete full-time in the No. 6 Ford Mustang in 2015, with sponsors and crew members to be announced at a later date. On January 28, 2015, at NASCAR Media Day, it was announced that Wallace would drive the No. 6 Ford EcoBoost Mustang. [19] Wallace started the season with a 12th-place finish at Daytona and earned 14 top-tens to finish 7th in the final point standings. He was beaten by Daniel Suárez for Rookie of the Year by a single top-ten finish.

2016

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Wallace's No. 6 at Road America in 2016

Wallace finished 6th in the season opener at Daytona. [20] He got his first top 3 of the season at California Speedway, in which he claimed 3rd after a dramatic final lap saw long time leader Kyle Busch blow a tyre giving the lead to Daniel Suarez temporarily as he would then run out of fuel just after passing Busch which then gave Busch back the lead, who was ultimately overtaken by Austin Dillon who would go onto win and Wallace would overtake Suarez, matching his career best finish, at the time, of 3rd. [21] Wallace then earned his best career finish at Dover International Speedway finishing 2nd to the dominant Erik Jones but at the end of the season dropped to 11th overall in the points. [22] Wallace did make the inaugural Xfinity Series chase and made it to the round of 8 before being eliminated after the penultimate race at Phoenix.

2017

Wallace's No. 6 at Pocono in 2017; it was the last race for the car before it had to be closed down due to lack of sponsorship. Bubba Wallace Pocono Xfinity 2017.jpg
Wallace's No. 6 at Pocono in 2017; it was the last race for the car before it had to be closed down due to lack of sponsorship.

After finishing 33rd in the season-opening race at Daytona, Wallace finished in sixth place five consecutive times. [23] However, at Bristol, Wallace struggled. After starting from last, Wallace was trapped a lap down throughout the race, eventually getting caught up in a late crash. Wallace would finish the race in 33rd. At Charlotte, Wallace would run upfront for a majority of the race, even leading for 3 laps, but a late-race pit stop relegated him behind the top ten. Wallace got loose and hit the wall with a few laps to go costing him a top ten and finishing 28th. However, despite being fourth in the Drivers' Championship standings, Roush Fenway announced that they would be suspending operations of Wallace's Xfinity Series team following the Pocono race weekend due to sponsorship issues. [24]

Wallace signed with Biagi-DenBeste Racing to drive the No. 98 Ford at Chicagoland Speedway where he would score a 10th-place finish. [25]

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

2013

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Wallace on pit road at Rockingham in 2013

In February 2013, it was announced that Wallace would run a full season in the Camping World Truck Series in the No. 54 Toyota owned by Kyle Busch Motorsports. [26] At Rockingham Speedway in April Wallace, following accidental contact with Ron Hornaday Jr., was turned by Hornaday under a caution flag, his truck hitting the outside wall. Hornaday was penalized for the contact by being sent to the rear of the field; after the race, Hornaday was penalized 25 championship points and assessed a $25,000 fine, in addition to being placed on probation for the remainder of the season. [27] The situation was compared to an incident at the 2011 WinStar World Casino 350K where Kyle Busch deliberately wrecked Hornaday at Texas Motor Speedway. [28]

On October 26, 2013, Wallace became the first African-American driver to win in one of NASCAR's national series since 1963, winning the Camping World Truck Series Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway. [29] [30] The only previous win by an African-American driver was by Wendell Scott in the Grand National Division on December 1, 1963. [29] Wallace finished 8th in points in his rookie season. [18]

2014

In 2014, Wallace returned to the Camping World Truck Series full-time in the No. 54. In June, Wallace won the Drivin' for Linemen 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park. Three weeks later, he battled Kyle Larson and Ron Hornaday Jr. for the win at Eldora Speedway. Wallace held off a hard charging Larson, who wrecked his car trying to catch him, and beat Hornaday by a 5.489-second margin to win the second annual Mudsummer Classic. [31] Wallace switched to the No. 34 for the Kroger 200 at Martinsville in tribute to Wendell Scott, [32] and led the most laps en route to his second straight victory in the race. Wallace won his final race with KBM, the season finale at Homestead Miami Speedway, beating Larson again to earn his first non-short track victory. [33] Wallace's four wins along with nine top fives and 14 top tens led to a third-place finish in points. [18]

2017

Wallace returned to the Camping World Truck Series at Michigan in August, driving the No. 99 Truck for MDM Motorsports, and ended up winning the race, holding off Christopher Bell and Kyle Busch who rounded out the top three. [34] However, Wallace's truck was discovered to have had illegal vent holes, resulting in an L1-level penalty that suspended crew chief Shane Huffman for one race and penalized the No. 99 team ten points. [35]

2018

In May, Wallace once again returned to the Truck Series, driving the No. 20 for Young's Motorsports at Kansas. [36] He finished 14th after running out of fuel from 5th with 4 laps to go. [37]

2019

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Wallace substituting for Austin Wayne Self in the AM Racing No. 22 at Martinsville in March 2019

In March, Wallace returned to the Truck Series for the TruNorth Global 250 at Martinsville and Vankor 350 at Texas, driving the No. 22 for AM Racing. He filled in for the team's driver/owner, Austin Wayne Self, following his suspension. Wallace would finish 10th and 20th, respectively, in these two races. [38] Self would then be reinstated before the next race (at Dover) and he returned to his truck.

2021

In March 2021, Wallace joined Spencer Davis Motorsports to drive their No. 11 in the Pinty's Dirt Truck Race on Bristol Motor Speedway's dirt layout. For this race, the truck was fielded in a partnership with Hattori Racing Enterprises. He finished 11th in the race. [39]

NASCAR Cup Series

2017

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Wallace driving through the garage at his Cup Series debut race of Pocono in June 2017

On June 5, 2017, Richard Petty Motorsports announced plans to have Wallace drive the team's No. 43 Ford in place of injured Aric Almirola, making Wallace the first African-American to race in the Cup Series since Bill Lester in 2006. [40] In qualifying for his Cup debut at the Pocono 400, he was able to advance to the second round and start 16th. [41] During the race, Wallace suffered from speeding penalties on pit road, including one while he was serving an earlier pass-through penalty; [42] at one point, he nearly missed his pit stall because he looked for his Xfinity pit sign instead of the No. 43. [43] He went on to finish 26th and one lap down. After congratulating Ryan Blaney in Victory Lane, Wallace passed out and required medical attention. He later stated, "This is the third time this is happened. I get so pissed off at myself that I just pass out." [42]

Wallace earned a finish of 11th at Kentucky after being involved in a last-lap wreck.

2018

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Wallace's No. 43 at Sonoma Raceway in 2018

After Aric Almirola announced his departure from Richard Petty Motorsports, team owner Richard Petty announced in an interview that he and the team were working on hiring Wallace as the new driver of the No. 43 in 2018. [44] Wallace was officially introduced to the team as their new driver on October 25, 2017. [45] He is the first African-American driver to have a full-time Cup ride since Wendell Scott in 1971. [46]

Prior to the season-opening Daytona 500, Wallace received support from National Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron and Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton. [46] He drove the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro to finish second behind Austin Dillon, the highest finish by a full-time rookie driver in race history, after beating Denny Hamlin to the start/finish line by .002 seconds. [47] [46] Wallace, however, scored only two additional top-10 finishes at the spring Texas race and the fall Phoenix race. He finished 28th place in the final point standings.

In October 2018, Wallace was named in Ebony magazine's Power 100 list, joining the ranks of Stephen Curry, Antonio Brown, Venus Williams and former president and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama. [48]

2019

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Wallace's No. 43 during the race at Dover in October 2019

Despite continuing to have mediocre finishes in the 2019 season, Wallace displayed his full potential with RPM at the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race by winning the second stage of the Monster Energy Open and finishing fifth in the All-Star Race. His other highlight of the early-to-mid summer was at Watkins Glen, when he spun Kyle Busch off the track on lap 61. [49]

At the Brickyard 400, Wallace had one of the best runs of his career by finishing third after running top 10 all day long. [50] He continued to show improvements to his finishes during the season, notably at Richmond, where he started 37th and finished 12th. [51]

At the Charlotte Roval, Wallace finished 24th after Alex Bowman spun him out on lap 42 after Wallace gave Bowman the middle finger gesture on several laps. Wallace retaliated after the race by splashing water on Bowman's face. [52] NASCAR Executive Vice President and Chief Racing Development Officer Steve O'Donnell said on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio that officials plan to have a conversation with Wallace about the altercation. [53] On October 5, 2019, Wallace apologized to Jeff Gordon, AMR NASCAR Safety medical director Dr. Angela Fiege, and Hendrick Motorsports executive Jeff Andrews for getting them splashed during the incident, but stated that he does not regret what he did to Bowman. [54]

On November 9, 2019, Wallace was fined $50,000 and docked 50 points for intentionally manipulating competition at Texas when he spun his car on the track after experiencing a tire failure. [55] He once again finished 28th in the final points standings.

2020

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Wallace after climbing out of his No. 43 car following his crash with Michael McDowell in the All-Star Open

For the 2020 season, Wallace was reunited with crew chief Jerry Baxter, who worked with him in the Truck Series. [56] In the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas, Wallace finished sixth for his best finish on a 1.5-mile track. [57] When the season was halted after four races due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was 18th in points. [58]

During the stoppage, he participated in the NASCAR-sanctioned eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series, where he made headlines at the sim racing league's Bristol event for quitting early by choice after wrecking on the 11th lap. Wallace responded to fan criticism by mocking how easily they got offended over a video game. In response, his main sponsor Blue-Emu dropped its sponsorship of the virtual No. 43 car. Blue-Emu executive vice president Ben Blessing said that Wallace's outburst would have been unacceptable during a physical race. As Blessing saw it, Wallace's outburst was not the act of a NASCAR driver, but of "someone like my 13-year-old son who broke his controller playing some game where he builds houses." [59] Later in the Pro Invitational season, after initially posting a tweet seeking a spotter for the event at Talladega, [60] Wallace announced that he would "opt-out," stating that practicing for the iRacing events was too difficult: "I simply get burnt out after a day. Not the games fault, just been like that for years." [61]

Wallace scored a second top ten in the Supermarket Heroes 500 at Bristol after starting 36th. [62] Further top tens came in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis and FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan with ninth-place finishes in both. [63] [64] In the regular season-ending Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona, he recorded a fifth-place finish despite being involved in a late-race wreck. [65] [66]

On September 10, 2020, Wallace announced he would leave RPM at the end of the 2020 season. [67] He finished 22nd in the points standings. [68]

2021: 23XI racing and first career win

Wallace (No. 23) racing alongside Austin Dillon (No. 3) in Bluegreen Vacations Duel #2, which they would finish 1-2 in. Bubba wallace austin dillon (50949575493).jpg
Wallace (No. 23) racing alongside Austin Dillon (No. 3) in Bluegreen Vacations Duel #2, which they would finish 1–2 in.

On September 21, 2020, Michael Jordan announced he and NASCAR veteran Denny Hamlin had created a NASCAR team, named 23XI Racing with Wallace serving as the first driver in the No. 23. [69] Wallace was replaced by Ty Dillon in the 2021 Busch Clash as Wallace was not eligible to compete in the race. [70] After qualifying fourth for the Daytona 500, he finished second in his Bluegreen Vacations Duel to Austin Dillon. [71] He was classified 17th in the Daytona 500 after being involved in a fiery last-lap wreck. [72] Wallace scored a second-place finish at the August Daytona Race. He originally placed third, but due to a post-race car inspection failure on the No. 17 car of Chris Buescher, his result was increased to second, equaling his best ever Cup Series result at the 2018 Daytona 500. [73] On October 4, 2021, Wallace earned his first career Cup win at Talladega after the race was shortened due to rain. Wallace is the first African-American driver to win a Cup Series race since Wendell Scott in 1963. [74] [75] Wallace also scored the first win for a McDonald's-sponsored car since Jimmy Spencer in 1994. [76]

2022: Second career win and race suspension

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Wallace's No. 23 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2022

Wallace continued with 23XI Racing alongside new teammate Kurt Busch. [77] He raced at the 2022 Daytona 500 with a full McDonald's sponsored paint scheme, finishing runner-up to Austin Cindric by 0.036 seconds. Wallace was in contention late in the race at Atlanta, but would finish 13th after being involved in a wreck on the last lap. [78] On March 29, 2022, crew chief Bootie Barker was suspended for four races due to a tire and wheel loss during the 2022 Texas Grand Prix at COTA. Dave Rogers was announced as Wallace's crew chief for Richmond, Martinsville, Bristol, and Talladega. [79] At Michigan, Wallace won his first career pole and finished second to Kevin Harvick. [80] Following the final regular season race at Daytona Wallace, in a must-win situation, failed to qualify for the Playoffs. [81] However, on August 31, 2022, it was announced that Bubba, along with crew chief Barker, would switch rides at 23XI for the remainder of the season, as they move over to the No. 45 car as it seeks the owner's championship. [82] On September 11, Wallace scored his second win at Kansas after leading the final 67 laps and holding off Hamlin. [83] At Las Vegas, Kyle Larson charged aggressively past Kevin Harvick and Wallace, causing Wallace to scrape the outside wall. Wallace retaliated with a right rear hook on Larson, wrecking both cars down the frontstretch and severely damaging Christopher Bell's car in the process. During the caution, Wallace engaged in a shoving match with Larson. [84] Wallace was suspended for one race for the incident; John Hunter Nemechek was assigned to drive the No. 45 at Homestead. [85] He ended the campaign 19th in the drivers' standings.

2023: Making the playoffs

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Wallace's No. 23 car at Dover Motor Speedway in 2023

Wallace started the 2023 season with a 20th-place finish at the 2023 Daytona 500. He improved his finishes enough to make the playoffs for the first time in his career. [86] Although improving in overall points, achieving 5 top 5 finishes, and 10 top10 finishes, 2023 was the first winless season for Wallace since his first win at Talladega in 2021. [87] Wallace advanced to the Round of 12 following the Bristol night race after Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick were eliminated due to issues late in the race. [88] He was eliminated from the Round of 12 at the conclusion of the Charlotte Roval race. [89]

2024: Playoff challenges

Bubba Wallace had an impressive start to 2024 achieving two fifth-place finishes in the first two races of the season. [90] [91] However, following a 35th-place finish at Las Vegas, [92] Wallace struggled to regain competitiveness for the next five races until a fourth-place finish at Martinsville [93] Since Martinsville, Wallace has finished three times in the top 10 at Texas, Darlington, and Nashville. At the Chicago Street Race on July 7, Wallace was involved in a spin after he got turned by Alex Bowman, who would later go on to win that very same race. After the race, Wallace intentionally collided with Bowman's car during the cool-down lap. Per NASCAR, Wallace, "driver of the No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota, was fined $50,000 for violating Sections 4.4.B & D: NASCAR Member Code of Conduct, and finished the race in 13th and currently sits 17th in the playoff standings, 45 points underneath the elimination line for the 16-driver field." [94] Despite scoring decent finishes during the regular season, Wallace failed to make the playoffs after Chase Briscoe won at Darlington. Following the Martinsville playoff race, the No. 23 was docked 50 owner and driver points and Wallace and the team were each fined US$100,000 for race manipulation, when Wallace faked a tire failure and slowed down to allow fellow Toyota driver Christopher Bell to pass him in an attempt to make the Championship 4. In addition, Barker was suspended for the Phoenix finale. [95]

Noose investigation

On June 21, 2020, a member of Wallace's team reported to NASCAR that a noose had been placed in Wallace's garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway, which NASCAR president Steve Phelps relayed to Wallace in the evening. [96] The organization condemned the act as "heinous" and said they would consult with law enforcement. Wallace stated that he was "incredibly saddened" by the "painful reminder of how much further we have to go as a society and how persistent we must be in the fight against racism," but also praising his fellow drivers that are "driving real change and championing a community that is accepting and welcoming of everyone." [97] Before the GEICO 500 race the next day, the drivers and crews pushed Wallace's car to the front of pit road in a show of solidarity, a gesture that drivers Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick proposed. [98]

A day after the race, an investigation by the FBI concluded that Wallace was not the victim of a hate crime: the alleged noose was a pull-down rope with a loop, in the style of a hangman's knot, that was located on an overhead door, and had been in the garage since the fall Talladega race in 2019. [99] The FBI's determination led to people criticizing Wallace on social media as fake and questioning his integrity. [100] [101] Wallace stated in interviews that although he was relieved that he was not specifically targeted, he was frustrated by the backlash he received. [100] [101] He nonetheless vowed not to let the incident or the subsequent "hoax" allegations "break" him. [101] He added that regardless of "whether [it was] tied in 2019" or "wasn't directed at me... somebody tied a noose." [102]

Wallace with U.S. President Donald Trump at the 2020 Daytona 500, who would later criticize Wallace in a tweet on July 6 of that year President Trump and the First Lady at the NASCAR Daytona 500 Race (49553052217).jpg
Wallace with U.S. President Donald Trump at the 2020 Daytona 500, who would later criticize Wallace in a tweet on July 6 of that year

On June 25, 2020, NASCAR released a photo of the noose taken by security. In a teleconference later that day, Phelps explained NASCAR had inspected every garage at the sanctioning body's 29 tracks, with 11 garages containing pull-down ropes tied in knots but only Wallace's being tied into a noose. [103] Although the individual responsible was not identified, Phelps announced that NASCAR would require sensitivity and unconscious bias training for its personnel and that "Bubba Wallace and the 43 team had nothing to do with this." [96]

Two weeks after the GEICO 500, on July 6, 2020, President Donald Trump tweeted that Wallace should apologize for the investigation, branding it a hoax while adding it and NASCAR's Confederate flag ban "has caused lowest ratings EVER!" Trump's ratings claim was refuted by Fox Sports executive vice president Michael Mulvihill, who said the ratings had increased by eight percent since the 2020 season resumed in May, while Wallace received support from figures like Johnson, driver Tyler Reddick, and basketball player LeBron James. [104]

Activism

Philanthropy

Wallace founded and runs the Live to be Different Foundation. [105] He was also the National Motorsports Press Association's Pocono Spirit Award winner for the second quarter of 2020, [106] and the recipient of the Comcast Community Champion of the Year award for 2020. [107]

Black Lives Matter

In May 2020, after the murder of George Floyd by Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, Wallace began to speak out about the abuse of African Americans by the police, becoming the face of stock car racing's involvement in the Black Lives Matter movement. On June 8, 2020, he called on NASCAR to prohibit displays of the Confederate battle flag at NASCAR races. In 2015, after the publication of photographs showing the white man who killed nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, posing with the flag, the organization began asking fans not to display the flag at its races. However, many fans in the South continued to hoist the Confederate flag at races. [108] On June 10, 2020, NASCAR officially banned the display of the flag at its events. [109]

In the 2020 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 NASCAR race at Martinsville Speedway, Wallace's car had a special paint scheme to honor Black Lives Matter when no other sponsor could be found for that race. The car featured an illustration of black and white hands interlocking together on the hood of the car, the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on the side, and the phrase "Compassion, Love, Understanding" on both the hood and the back bumper. Richard Petty, owner of Richard Petty Motorsports, contributed to the livery by adding a peace symbol on the rear quarter-panel of the car that features hands of all colors circling inside the peace symbol. [110] [111] The livery was made after Richard Petty Motorsports failed to secure a primary sponsorship for the race. The team later suggested the idea to Wallace to run an all-black car to honor the movement. [112] Wallace finished 11th after securing top-ten finishes in both stages, his career-best at Martinsville in the Cup Series. [113]

Personal life

Wallace was born in Mobile, Alabama, and raised in Concord, North Carolina.

Born to a black mother and a white father, [114] Wallace is the son of Darrell Wallace Sr. and Desiree Wallace. [2] [115] His father is the owner of an industrial cleaning company, and his mother is a social worker who ran track at the University of Tennessee. [116]

Wallace is best friends with fellow NASCAR Cup Series driver Ryan Blaney. [117] The two first met when they raced Bandoleros in their youth. [118]

In 2019, Wallace revealed that he dealt with and continues to deal with depression for most of his racing career. [119] After others reached out to him to thank him for bringing awareness to depression, Wallace said he did not know it was such a widespread problem; for him, being depressed was an honest answer to a media question. [120]

On July 23, 2019, Wallace posted photos of Richard Petty autographing his left forearm. He vowed to have Petty's signature tattooed if the photos were retweeted 43,000 times. The goal was made by the morning of July 25. [121] Less than a month later, Wallace had Petty's signature tattooed on the back of his right thigh. [122]

Wallace married Amanda Carter on December 31, 2022. [123] The two became engaged on July 30, 2021. [124]

Wallace is a Christian. In an interview with Esquire in 2020, Wallace clarified that his criticism of Michael McDowell after an incident at that year's All-Star Race was not meant as an attack on McDowell's Christian faith as some had perceived. "A lot of people took that as attacking his faith and it definitely wasn't that. I have nothing against that. I'm a Christian myself. When you go disrespectful, then that shows the character that you are. That's what I was getting at." [125] Wallace's wrecked front bumper from the incident was put up for auction and raised $20,034 for the Christian non-profit organization Motor Racing Outreach. [126]

On September 29, 2024, while Bubba was racing in Kansas, his wife Amanda gave birth to a son, Becks Hayden. [127]

In media

In 2017, Wallace voiced the character Bubba Wheelhouse in the 2017 Pixar film Cars 3 . [128]

Leading up to the 2018 Daytona 500, he starred in the Facebook Watch series Behind the Wall: Bubba Wallace . [129]

Wallace and 23XI co-owner Denny Hamlin appear in the music video for Post Malone's 2021 song "Motley Crew". [130]

In 2021, Wallace participated virtually in the 2021 Pro Bowl after the event was cancelled and hosted on Madden NFL 21. [131]

In 2022, he was the subject of the Netflix docu-series Race: Bubba Wallace . The six-episode series follows Wallace's career during the 2020 and 2021 seasons, including his off-track life and activism. [132]

Motorsports career results

Stock car career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsTop 5Top 10PointsPosition
2010NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Rev Racing 1025714673rd
2011NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Rev Racing 12351118712nd
2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Joe Gibbs Racing 400313936th
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East141674707th
2013 NASCAR Truck Series Kyle Busch Motorsports 2215127048th
ARCA Racing Series Venturini Motorsports 100055137th
2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Joe Gibbs Racing 20010NC†
NASCAR Truck Series Kyle Busch Motorsports 2249147993rd
2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Roush Fenway Racing 33031410717th
2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Roush Fenway Racing 33039216311th
2017 NASCAR Cup Series Richard Petty Motorsports 40000NC†
NASCAR Xfinity Series Roush Fenway Racing 1200734820th
Biagi-DenBeste Racing 1001
NASCAR Truck Series MDM Motorsports 11110NC†
2018 NASCAR Cup Series Richard Petty Motorsports 3601347128th
NASCAR Truck Series Young's Motorsports 10000NC†
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Jefferson Pitts Racing 10013842nd
2019 NASCAR Cup Series Richard Petty Motorsports 3601143728th
NASCAR Truck Series AM Racing 20010NC†
2020 NASCAR Cup Series Richard Petty Motorsports 3601559722nd
2021 NASCAR Cup Series 23XI Racing 3613369921st
NASCAR Xfinity Series Hattori Racing Enterprises 10010NC†
NASCAR Truck Series Spencer Davis Motorsports 10000NC†
2022 NASCAR Cup Series 23XI Racing 35151063719th
NASCAR Xfinity Series Joe Gibbs Racing 20000NC†
2023 NASCAR Cup Series 23XI Racing 360510227910th
NASCAR Truck Series Tricon Garage 20120NC†

† As Wallace was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536NCSCPtsRef
2017 Richard Petty Motorsports 43 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC
26		 MCH
19		 SON DAY
15		 KEN
11		 NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 50th01 [133]
2018 Chevy DAY
2		 ATL
32		 LVS
21		 PHO
28		 CAL
20		 MAR
34		 TEX
8		 BRI
16		 RCH
25		 TAL
16		 DOV
25		 KAN
23		 CLT
16		 POC
38		 MCH
19		 SON
29		 CHI
23		 DAY
14		 KEN
27		 NHA
24		 POC
33		 GLN
25		 MCH
23		 BRI
38		 DAR
26		 IND
38		 LVS
38		 RCH
27		 ROV
36		 DOV
23		 TAL
19		 KAN
26		 MAR
34		 TEX
25		 PHO
10		 HOM
21		28th471 [134]
2019 DAY
38		 ATL
27		 LVS
26		 PHO
22		 CAL
30		 MAR
17		 TEX
23		 BRI
20		 RCH
27		 TAL
39		 DOV
27		 KAN
29		 CLT
25		 POC
21		 MCH
28		 SON
26		 CHI
25		 DAY
15		 KEN
23		 NHA
22		 POC
22		 GLN
28		 MCH
27		 BRI
14		 DAR
24		 IND
3		 LVS
23		 RCH
12		 ROV
24		 DOV
20		 TAL
24		 KAN
35		 MAR
13		 TEX
24		 PHO
25		 HOM
34		28th437 [135]
2020 DAY
15		 LVS
6		 CAL
27		 PHO
19		 DAR
21		 DAR
16		 CLT
38		 CLT
37		 BRI
10		 ATL
21		 MAR
11		 HOM
13		 TAL
14		 POC
22		 POC
20		 IND
9		 KEN
27		 TEX
14		 KAN
37		 NHA
23		 MCH
9		 MCH
21		 DRC
25		 DOV
27		 DOV
21		 DAY
5		 DAR
38		 RCH
26		 BRI
22		 LVS
28		 TAL
24		 ROV
21		 KAN
18		 TEX
38		 MAR
21		 PHO
15		22nd597 [58]
2021 23XI Racing 23 Toyota DAY
17		 DRC
26		 HOM
22		 LVS
28		 PHO
16		 ATL
16		 BRD
27		 MAR
16		 RCH
26		 TAL
19		 KAN
26		 DAR
21		 DOV
11		 COA
39		 CLT
14		 SON
14		 NSH
20		 POC
14		 POC
5		 ROA
24		 ATL
14		 NHA
26		 GLN
23		 IRC
13		 MCH
19		 DAY
2		 DAR
21		 RCH
32		 BRI
16		 LVS
16		 TAL
1		 ROV
14		 TEX
32		 KAN
14		 MAR
25		 PHO
39		21st699 [136]
2022 DAY
2		 CAL
19		 LVS
25		 PHO
22		 ATL
13		 COA
38		 RCH
26		 MAR
16		 BRD
28		 TAL
17		 DOV
16		 DAR
27		 KAN
10		 CLT
28		 GTW
26		 SON
36		 NSH
12		 ROA
35		 ATL
14		 NHA
3		 POC
8		 IRC
5		 MCH
2		 RCH
13		 GLN
35		 DAY
11		19th637 [137]
45 DAR
9		 KAN
1		 BRI
29		 TEX
25		 TAL
16		 ROV
7		 LVS
36		 HOM MAR
8		 PHO
22
2023 23 DAY
20		 CAL
30		 LVS
4		 PHO
14		 ATL
27		 COA
37		 RCH
22		 BRD
12		 MAR
9		 TAL
28		 DOV
12		 KAN
4		 DAR
5		 CLT
4		 GTW
30		 SON
17		 NSH
15		 CSC
31		 ATL
25		 NHA
8		 POC
11		 RCH
12		 MCH
18		 IRC
18		 GLN
12		 DAY
12		 DAR
7		 KAN
32		 BRI
14		 TEX
3*		 TAL
23		 ROV
16		 LVS
13		 HOM
6		 MAR
11		 PHO
10		10th2279 [138]
2024 DAY
5		 ATL
5		 LVS
35		 PHO
16		 BRI
29		 COA
15		 RCH
13		 MAR
4		 TEX
7		 TAL
36		 DOV
32		 KAN
17		 DAR
7		 CLT
11		 GTW
21		 SON
20		 IOW
17		 NHA
34		 NSH
7		 CSC
13		 POC
10		 IND
5		 RCH
4		 MCH
26		 DAY
6		 DAR
16		 ATL
29		 GLN
17		 BRI
3		 KAN
17		 TAL
9		 ROV
9		 LVS
12		 HOM
18		 MAR
18		 PHO
17th898 [139]
Daytona 500
YearTeamManufacturerStartFinish
2018 Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 72
2019 1338
2020 1115
2021 23XI Racing Toyota 617
2022 162
2023 1520
2024 245

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NXSCPtsRef
2012 Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW
9		 CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW
7		 GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH
10		 CHI KEN DOV
12		 CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 36th139 [140]
2014 Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL
31		 IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY
7		 NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 94th01 [141]
2015 Roush Fenway Racing 6 Ford DAY
12		 ATL
11		 LVS
7		 PHO
15		 CAL
12		 TEX
6		 BRI
12		 RCH
12		 TAL
20		 IOW
6		 CLT
5		 DOV
17		 MCH
15		 CHI
10		 DAY
34		 KEN
7		 NHA
8		 IND
23		 IOW
11		 GLN
16		 MOH
8		 BRI
12		 ROA
5		 DAR
14		 RCH
14		 CHI
3		 KEN
9		 DOV
11		 CLT
8		 KAN
11		 TEX
19		 PHO
8		 HOM
10		7th1071 [142]
2016 DAY
6		 ATL
18		 LVS
33		 PHO
12		 CAL
3		 TEX
15		 BRI
25		 RCH
16		 TAL
13		 DOV
2		 CLT
27		 POC
16		 MCH
9		 IOW
9		 DAY
20		 KEN
5		 NHA
12		 IND
14		 IOW
27		 GLN
29		 MOH
15		 BRI
7		 ROA
9		 DAR
17		 RCH
12		 CHI
20		 KEN
8		 DOV
11		 CLT
20		 KAN
33		 TEX
11		 PHO
32		 HOM
11		11th2163 [143]
2017 DAY
33		 ATL
6		 LVS
6		 PHO
6		 CAL
6		 TEX
6		 BRI
33		 RCH
6		 TAL
13		 CLT
28		 DOV
8		 POC
11		 MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH 20th348 [144]
Biagi-DenBeste Racing 98 Ford CHI
10		 KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM
2021 Hattori Racing Enterprises 61 Toyota DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC MCH
10		 DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 87th01 [145]
2022 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA
28		 RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IRC
35		 MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 105th01 [146]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NCTCPtsRef
2013 Kyle Busch Motorsports 54 Toyota DAY
12		 MAR
5		 CAR
27		 KAN
7		 CLT
27		 DOV
10		 TEX
6		 KEN
28		 IOW
8		 ELD
7		 POC
7		 MCH
21		 BRI
28		 MSP
4		 IOW
5		 CHI
11		 LVS
5		 TAL
17		 MAR
1*		 TEX
7		 PHO
20		 HOM
15		8th704 [147]
2014 DAY
26		 MAR
2		 KAN
15		 CLT
26		 DOV
16		 TEX
10		 GTW
1*		 KEN
2		 IOW
13		 ELD
1*		 POC
8		 MCH
11*		 BRI
2		 MSP
12		 CHI
6		 NHA
2		 LVS
2*		 TAL
9		 TEX
26		 PHO
6		 HOM
1		3rd799 [148]
34 MAR
1*
2017 MDM Motorsports 99 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH
1		 BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 103rd01 [149]
2018 Young's Motorsports 20 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN
14		 CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 101st01 [150]
2019 AM Racing 22 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR
10		 TEX
20		 DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM 102nd01 [151]
2021 Spencer Davis Motorsports 11 Toyota DAY DRC LVS ATL BRD
11		 RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 103rd01 [152]
2022 Halmar Friesen Racing 52 Toyota DAY LVS ATL COA MAR BRD DAR KAN
QL†		 TEX CLT GTW SON KNX NSH MOH POC IRP RCH KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO N/A– [153]
2023 Tricon Garage 1 Toyota DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR
7		 NWS
5		 CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 94th01 [154]
† – Practiced and qualified for Stewart Friesen

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314NKNPSECPtsRef
2010 Rev Racing 6 Chevy GRE
1		 SBO
20		 MAR
3		 NHA
3		 LRP
6		 LEE
1		 JFC
15		 NHA
9		 DOV
25		3rd1467 [155]
76 IOW
3
2011 6 Toyota GRE
6		 SBO
6*		 RCH
1		 IOW
6		 BGS
6		 JFC
4		 LGY
9		 NHA
30		 COL
1*		 GRE
6		 NHA
3		 DOV
1		2nd1871 [156]
2012 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota BRI
18		 GRE
1*		 RCH
28		 IOW
26		 BGS
2		 JFC
7		 LGY
16		 CNB
22		 COL
3		 IOW
11		 NHA
3		 DOV
2*		 GRE
13		 CAR
2		7th470 [157]
2018 Jefferson Pitts Racing 27 Chevy NSM BRI LGY SBO SBO MEM NJM TMP NHA IOW GLN
6		 GTW NHA DOV 42nd38 [158]

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021ARSCPtsRef
2013 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota DAY
35		 MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH ROA WIN CHI NJE POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN 137th55 [159]

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