Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. finished second in the Daytona 500 Sunday, the highest finish ever by an African-American driver. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, ...

"We congratulate Darrell Wallace Jr. on his first national series victory, one that will be remembered as a remarkable moment in our sport's history," NASCAR chairman Brian France said in a release.

Darrell Wallace Jr. is a one-in-a-million driver about to make good on a one-in-a-million shot, backed by one million of his parents' hard-earned dollars. Past history won't stop him now, nor will ...

Before he found out that his client Darrell Wallace Jr. was leading his race with ten laps to go at what would become the first win of his career, he’d already received a formal proclamation ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to NASCAR driver Darrell "Bubba" Wallace. Wallace returns to Daytona International Speedway for his second Daytona 500 this weekend.

After taking the checkered flag in Sunday’s Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway, Darrell Wallace Jr. gave crew chief Drew Blickensderfer a reassuring message. Wallace joked that he shouldn’t listen to ...

Darrell Wallace Jr.'s historic victory at Martinsville was a big milestone for NASCAR and a giant step for diversity. But it didn't garner much attention among fans.

WELCOME, N.C. – There will be many reminders of the history that Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. could make this season in NASCAR’s premier series, but this one was especially personal. The first ...

The first time Wendell Scott Jr. saw Darrell Wallace Jr. drive a race car at Caraway Speedway in North Carolina , Wallace was only 15 years old. Yet the elder Junior, then a talent scout for ...

Darrell Wallace Jr. figures he’s pretty set for his debut driving Richard Petty’s No. 43 Click n’ Close Chevrolet in NASCAR’s biggest race, the Feb. 18 Daytona 500 at Daytona International ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The vignettes of emotion around Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. started early Sunday, well before he set sail in Richard Petty’s No. 43 for his first Daytona 500.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- It's 2015, and the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway is about to begin. There's Danica Patrick on the front row beside Darrell Wallace Jr., the first time a female and ...