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Bubba Wallace
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Wallace at Sonoma Raceway in 2024
Born William Darrell Wallace Jr.
(1993-10-08) October 8, 1993 (age 31)
Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Achievements Highest 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)
Awards 2010 K&N Pro Series East Rookie of the Year
2008 UARA-Stars Late Model Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
232 races run over 8 years
Car no., team No. 23 (23XI Racing)
2023 position 10th
Best finish 10th (2023)
First race 2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400 (Pocono)
Last race 2020 FanShield 500 (Phoenix)
First win 2021 YellaWood 500 (Talladega)
Last win 2022 Hollywood Casino 400 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 37 2
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
88 races run over 7 years
2022 position 105th
Best finish 7th (2015)
First race 2012 Pioneer Hi-Bred 250 (Iowa)
Last race 2022 Pennzoil 150 (Indianapolis G.P.)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 36 2
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
51 races run over 7 years
2023 position 94th
Best finish 3rd (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)
Wins Top tens Poles
6 30 3
Statistics current as of November 5, 2023.

William Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. (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.

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. He is the only African American driver to win more than once in any of these series, which has made him one of the most successful African American drivers in the history of NASCAR.

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. In 2005, he won 35 of the Bandolero Series' 48 races held that year; in 2008 he became the youngest driver to win at Franklin County Speedway in Virginia.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series/Drive for Diversity

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Wallace with a member of the U.S. Army, the sponsor of his East Series car in 2011, at Richmond that year.
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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, and was signed as a development driver for Joe Gibbs Racing. He won his very first race in the series, at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, becoming the youngest driver ever to win at the track, he was also the youngest, which began as the Busch North Series in 1987. He also won later in the year at Lee USA Speedway in New Hampshire, on his way to finishing third in series points and winning the series' Rookie of the Year award. He was the first African American to win the Rookie of the Year award in a NASCAR series. 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.

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

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.

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; he ran in the top ten for most of the event, finishing 9th. 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.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. He dropped to 11th in points but earned his best career finish at Dover International Speedway finishing 2nd to the dominant Erik Jones and making the inaugural Xfinity Series chase. He made it to the round of 8 before being eliminated after the penultimate race at Phoenix.

2017

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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. 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.

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

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. 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. The situation was compared to an incident at the 2011 WinStar World Casino 350K where Kyle Busch deliberately wrecked Hornaday at Texas Motor Speedway.

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. The only previous win by an African-American driver was by Wendell Scott in the Grand National Division on December 1, 1963. Wallace finished 8th in points in his rookie season.

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. Wallace switched to the No. 34 for the Kroger 200 at Martinsville in tribute to Wendell Scott, 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. Wallace's four wins along with nine top fives and 14 top tens led to a third-place finish in points.

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. 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.

2018

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

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. 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.

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. In qualifying for his Cup debut at the Pocono 400, he was able to advance to the second round and start 16th. During the race, Wallace suffered from speeding penalties on pit road, including one while he was serving an earlier pass-through penalty; at one point, he nearly missed his pit stall because he looked for his Xfinity pit sign instead of the No. 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. .....

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. Wallace was officially introduced to the team as their new driver on October 25, 2017. He is the first African-American driver to have a full-time Cup ride since Wendell Scott in 1971.

Prior to the season-opening Daytona 500, Wallace received support from National Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron and Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton. 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. 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.

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.

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

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. 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. 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.

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. 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. In the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas, Wallace finished sixth for his best finish on a 1.5-mile track. When the season was halted after four races due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was 18th in points.

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." Later in the Pro Invitational season, after initially posting a tweet seeking a spotter for the event at Talladega, 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."

Wallace scored a second top ten in the Supermarket Heroes 500 at Bristol after starting 36th. Further top tens came in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis and FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan with ninth-place finishes in both. 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.

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

2021: 23XI racing and first career win

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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. Wallace was replaced by Ty Dillon in the 2021 Busch Clash as Wallace was not eligible to compete in the race. After qualifying fourth for the Daytona 500, he finished second in his Bluegreen Vacations Duel to Austin Dillon. He was classified 17th in the Daytona 500 after being involved in a fiery last-lap wreck. 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. 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. Wallace also scored the first win for a McDonald's-sponsored car since Jimmy Spencer in 1994.

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. 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. 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. At Michigan, Wallace won his first career pole and finished second to Kevin Harvick. Following the final regular season race at Daytona Wallace, in a must-win situation, failed to qualify for the Playoffs. 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. On September 11, Wallace scored his second win at Kansas after leading the final 67 laps and holding off Hamlin. 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. Wallace was suspended for one race for the incident; John Hunter Nemechek was assigned to drive the No. 45 at Homestead. 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. 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. 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. He was eliminated from the Round of 12 at the conclusion of the Charlotte Roval race.

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. 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." 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.

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. The FBI's determination led to people criticizing Wallace on social media as fake and questioning his integrity. Wallace stated in interviews that although he was relieved that he was not specifically targeted, he was frustrated by the backlash he received. He nonetheless vowed not to let the incident or the subsequent "hoax" allegations "break" him. He added that regardless of "whether [it was] tied in 2019" or "wasn't directed at me... somebody tied a noose."

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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. 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."

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.

Activism

Philanthropy

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

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. On June 10, 2020, NASCAR officially banned the display of the flag at its events.

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. 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. Wallace finished 11th after securing top-ten finishes in both stages, his career-best at Martinsville in the Cup Series.

Personal life

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

Born to a black mother and a white father, Wallace is the son of Darrell Wallace Sr. and Desiree Wallace. 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.

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

In 2019, Wallace revealed that he dealt with and continues to deal with depression for most of his racing career. 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.

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. Less than a month later, Wallace had Petty's signature tattooed on the back of his right thigh.

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

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." 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.

Motorsports career results

Stock car career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Top 5 Top 10 Points Position
2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Rev Racing 10 2 5 7 1467 3rd
2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Rev Racing 12 3 5 11 1871 2nd
2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Joe Gibbs Racing 4 0 0 3 139 36th
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 14 1 6 7 470 7th
2013 NASCAR Truck Series Kyle Busch Motorsports 22 1 5 12 704 8th
ARCA Racing Series Venturini Motorsports 1 0 0 0 55 137th
2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Joe Gibbs Racing 2 0 0 1 0 NC†
NASCAR Truck Series Kyle Busch Motorsports 22 4 9 14 799 3rd
2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Roush Fenway Racing 33 0 3 14 1071 7th
2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Roush Fenway Racing 33 0 3 9 2163 11th
2017 NASCAR Cup Series Richard Petty Motorsports 4 0 0 0 0 NC†
NASCAR Xfinity Series Roush Fenway Racing 12 0 0 7 348 20th
Biagi-DenBeste Racing 1 0 0 1
NASCAR Truck Series MDM Motorsports 1 1 1 1 0 NC†
2018 NASCAR Cup Series Richard Petty Motorsports 36 0 1 3 471 28th
NASCAR Truck Series Young's Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 NC†
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Jefferson Pitts Racing 1 0 0 1 38 42nd
2019 NASCAR Cup Series Richard Petty Motorsports 36 0 1 1 437 28th
NASCAR Truck Series AM Racing 2 0 0 1 0 NC†
2020 NASCAR Cup Series Richard Petty Motorsports 36 0 1 5 597 22nd
2021 NASCAR Cup Series 23XI Racing 36 1 3 3 699 21st
NASCAR Xfinity Series Hattori Racing Enterprises 1 0 0 1 0 NC†
NASCAR Truck Series Spencer Davis Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 NC†
2022 NASCAR Cup Series 23XI Racing 35 1 5 10 637 19th
NASCAR Xfinity Series Joe Gibbs Racing 2 0 0 0 0 NC†
2023 NASCAR Cup Series 23XI Racing 36 0 5 10 2279 10th
NASCAR Truck Series Tricon Garage 2 0 1 2 0 NC†

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
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NCSC Pts Ref
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 50th 01
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
28th 471
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
28th 437
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
22nd 597
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
21st 699
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
19th 637
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
10th 2279
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
NHA NSH CSC POC IND RCH MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO -* -*
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2018 Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 7 2
2019 13 38
2020 11 15
2021 23XI Racing Toyota 6 17
2022 16 2
2023 15 20
2024 24 5

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
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 36th 139
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 94th 01
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
7th 1071
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
11th 2163
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 20th 348
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 87th 01
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 105th 01

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NCTC Pts Ref
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
8th 704
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
3rd 799
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 103rd 01
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 101st 01
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 102nd 01
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 103rd 01
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
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 94th 01
– 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
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2010 Rev Racing 6 Chevy GRE
1
SBO
20
MAR
3
NHA
3
LRP
6
LEE
1
JFC
15
NHA
9
DOV
25
3rd 1467
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
2nd 1871
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
7th 470
2018 Jefferson Pitts Racing 27 Chevy NSM BRI LGY SBO SBO MEM NJM TMP NHA IOW GLN
6
GTW NHA DOV 42nd 38

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
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ARSC Pts Ref
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 137th 55

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