Bubba Wallace has made it clear he now wants to be known more for being a race car driver than a social justice warrior.

The No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota driver will be starting the Daytona 500 from the third position in row two. Wallace has five top-5 finishes at Daytona International Speedway, including being the Daytona 500 runner-up twice.

Bubba Wallace won the first of two qualifying races for the Daytona 500. He showed enough speed to make him one of the favorites heading into “The Great American Race.”

The win puts Wallace in the third starting spot for the Daytona 500, a race he’s never won but twice finished runner up.

Bubba Wallace won his Duel to qualify for the Daytona 500 in style, leading to great celebrations and a message of support from 23XI Racing owner Michael Jordan

Bubba Wallace and Austin Cindric captured Thursday night's Daytona Duel races, setting the stage for Sunday's Daytona 500. Check out the highlights.

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace has admitted his stance on the potential attendance of President Donald Trump at the Daytona 500 this week.

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Bubba Wallace wins the 2025 Duel 1 at Daytona International Speedway! Check out the full NASCAR results from Daytona, who locked a spot.

Bubba Wallace said he “couldn’t care less” if Donald Trump attends the Daytona 500 on Sunday, nearly five years after the president accused the NASCAR Cup Series’ only Black full-time driver of perpetrating “a hoax” when a crew member found a noose in the team garage stall.

Bubba Wallace won his first-ever Duel race at Daytona after several close finishes in previous attempts. Austin Cindric won a controversial Duel 2 after a caution flag came out just before Erik Jones thought he had won the race. But it passed relatively ...

Bubba Wallace's wife, Amanda Wallace (formerly Carter), is cheering on the NASCAR driver at the Daytona 500 alongside the couple's new baby, Beck Hayden. Like fans, Amanda and Beck had to endure a bit of inclement weather with a rain delay halting the race.