Wallace padded the advantage over his fellow NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs hopefuls in Sunday’s Cook Out 400, leading 80 laps and netting 16 extra points with top-five finishes in both stages.

Bubba Wallace made history on Sunday by becoming the first Black driver to win a major race on the iconic 2.5-mile oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. His victory in the Brickyard 400 was hard-fought, overcoming a rain delay, two overtime restarts, fuel concerns, and a late charge from Kyle Larson.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. urged Bubba Wallace to 'enjoy every second' of his Brickyard 400 win. The Cup Series veteran, drawing from his own experience, expressed how Wallace can 'let the pressure roll off' since he secured his playoff spot.

His third career NASCAR Cup victory delivered Wallace's first victory in the series' four crown jewel events, the others being the Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600 and Southern 500. It also snapped a 100-race winless streak that dated to 2022 at Kansas and locked up a playoff spot. His only other win came at Talladega in 2021.

Bubba Wallace proved on Sunday that life truly can imitate art. After winning the biggest race of his controversial NASCAR Cup career, Wallace capped off