Driver Hub/Top 10 Cup/Bubba Wallace
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Bubba Wallace
Mobile to 23XI — and this close at Loudon
Richard Petty’s No. 43 graduate. 23XI’s No. 23. First Black Cup winner since Wendell Scott. Runner-up at the Dollar Tree 301.
@BubbaWallace·2026 Cup through the Dollar Tree 301: 14th · 630 points · 23XI Racing No. 23 · 2nd at Loudon
- Car
- #23 Toyota
- Team
- 23XI Racing
- Born
- October 8, 1993
- Hometown
- Mobile, Alabama
- Breakthrough
- Talladega 2021 Cup win
- 2026 Cup
- 14th · 630 pts
The ride
The No. 23 Camry
2026 Cup · Las Vegas spring
No. 23
McDonald’s / 23XI Toyota, Jordan branding on the door. Hamlin’s teammate. After Loudon he sits 14th — outside this site’s top-10 grid, still inside the Chase 16, and the one who almost stole the last race.
Wikimedia Commons · Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 2026
Childhood
Mobile, then a Toyota development ride
William Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. was born October 8, 1993 in Mobile, Alabama — Gulf Coast kid, go-kart kid, then a national-series prospect.
Toyota’s driver program put him at Kyle Busch Motorsports in Trucks and Joe Gibbs in Xfinity. Ford and Roush followed. The Cup break was the famous No. 43 at Richard Petty Motorsports.
He has been the only full-time Black American driver in NASCAR’s three national series every year he has run them. That is not a footnote. It is the job, every weekend.
Family
Off the clock
Wallace married Amanda Carter and they have a daughter, Nico. The 23XI shop is also a second family — Hamlin as owner-teammate, Jordan as the other name on the transporter.
- SpouseAmanda Carter Wallace
- DaughterNico
- OwnersDenny Hamlin & Michael Jordan
Hometown & home
Mobile on the skyline. 23XI on the pit box.
Hometown is Mobile — Gulf skyline, Alabama humidity, and the first people who watched a kart kid decide this was the life.
23XI Racing is home now. After Loudon he is 14th in points — still the last man who had a look at Blaney, second by 0.586 seconds on the Magic Mile.
Racing career
From hometown nights to the No. 23
2013–17
Trucks and Xfinity
KBM, JGR, then Roush. He won in Trucks and learned the Xfinity pack before anyone handed him a Cup full-time.
2017–20
The 43
Injury sub, then the full-time Richard Petty Motorsports seat. The most famous number in the sport, on the biggest stage of his life.
2021–now
23XI and Talladega
Hamlin and Jordan built him a team. Talladega 2021 rewrote the history line. Loudon 2026 was another near-miss that still paid points.
History, then a near-miss at Loudon
Talladega, 23XI, and the 43
Wallace’s 2021 Talladega win was the first Cup victory by a Black driver since Wendell Scott in 1963. The 43 made him famous. The 23 made him a teammate to the points leader.
Talladega 2021
First Black Cup winner since Wendell Scott
The 43
Full-time RPM / Petty seat after Almirola
Dollar Tree 301
2nd at Loudon, 2026
2026 points
14th after Loudon
Hardware
What the résumé paid
Talladega
2021 Cup win
Loudon
2nd in the 2026 Dollar Tree 301
Historic first
First Black Cup winner since 1963
2026 points
14th after Loudon
2026 Cup through the Dollar Tree 301: 14th · 630 points · 23XI Racing No. 23 · 2nd at Loudon
Sources for this desk: public biographical records and 2026 Cup points through the Dollar Tree 301 at Loudon. Images: Wikimedia Commons portraits, hometown photos, and Las Vegas spring Cup car shots. Fan site — not affiliated with NASCAR, 23XI Racing, or Toyota.