Bubba Wallace

William Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr.[1] (born October 8, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Richard Petty Motorsports. Previously, Wallace was signed as a development driver for Joe Gibbs Racing where Wallace competed in the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 54 Toyota Tundra for Kyle Busch Motorsports. He also raced in the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 6 Ford Mustang of Roush Fenway Racing, from 2015 to mid 2017.[2] Wallace is noted for being one of the most successful African American drivers in the history of NASCAR.[3]

For the Canadian Football League player, see Darrell Wallace.

Bubba Wallace
Wallace at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2019
Born	William Darrell Wallace Jr. (1993-10-08) October 8, 1993 Mobile, Alabama
Achievements	Highest finishing African-American in the Daytona 500 (2nd, 2018) Highest finishing African-American in the Brickyard 400 (3rd, 2019) 2017 U.S. Short Track Nationals Super Late Model 100 Winner (inaugural race) First African-American to win in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series (Martinsville, 2014) Youngest driver to ever win at Franklin County Speedway (15 in 2008)
Awards	2010 K&N Pro Series East Rookie of the Year 2008 UARA-Stars Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
99 races run over 4 years
Car no., team	No. 43 (Richard Petty Motorsports)
2019 position	28th
Best finish	28th (2018, 2019)
First race	2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400 (Pocono)
Last race	2020 Go Bowling 235 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 8 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
85 races run over 5 years
2017 position	20th
Best finish	7th (2015)
First race	2012 Pioneer Hi-Bred 250 (Iowa)
Last race	2017 TheHouse.com 300 (Chicagoland)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 35 2
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
48 races run over 5 years
2019 position	102nd
Best finish	3rd (2014)
First race	2013 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Last race	2019 Vankor 350 (Texas)
First win	2013 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last win	2017 LTi Printing 200 (Michigan)
Wins Top tens Poles 6 28 3
Statistics current as of August 16, 2020.

Early life

Wallace was born in Mobile, Alabama, and raised in the city of Concord, North Carolina, where he attended Northwest Cabarrus High School.

Born to a black mother and white father,[4] Wallace is the son of Darrell Wallace Sr.[5] and Desiree Wallace.[6][7] 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.[8]

Career

Wallace started racing in the Bandolero and Legends car racing series, as well as local late model events, at the age of nine.[6] In 2005, he won 35 of the Bandolero Series' 48 races held that year;[6] in 2008 he became the youngest driver to win at Franklin County Speedway in Virginia.[9]

K&N Pro Series/Drive for Diversity

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,[10][11] and was signed as a development driver for Joe Gibbs Racing.[12] He won his very first race in the series, at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, becoming the youngest driver ever to win at the track,[10] he was also the youngest, which began as the Busch North Series in 1987.[13] He also won later in the year at Lee USA Speedway in New Hampshire,[14] on his way to finishing third in series points and winning the series' Rookie of the Year award.[12] He was the first African American to win the Rookie of the Year award in a NASCAR series.[15] 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.[10]

Wallace moved to race directly for Joe Gibbs Racing for the 2012 season.[6] Racing the entire K&N East Series season along with four to six selected races in the Nationwide Series,[16] Wallace won the second East event of the year at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, his first win with JGR.[17]

In 2018, Bubba made his return to the K&N East Series at Watkins Glen driving the No. 27 for Jefferson-Pitts Racing to prepare him for the cup 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;[18] he ran in the top ten for most of the event, finishing 9th.[19] 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.[20]

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.[21] 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

Wallace (right) with the Sunoco Rookie of the Race Award at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2015

Wallace's No. 6 at Road America.

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 owner Joe Gibbs claiming they would have "a big program" for the young driver.[22] 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.[23] 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.[24] 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 beat by Daniel Suárez for Rookie of the Year by a single top-ten finish.

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 made the inaugural Xfinity Series chase. He made it to the round of 8 before being eliminated after the penultimate race at Phoenix.

2017

After finishing 33rd in the season-opening race at Daytona, Wallace finished in sixth place five consecutive times.[25] 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 up front 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.[26]

Wallace signed with Biagi-DenBeste Racing to drive the No. 98 Ford at Chicagoland Speedway where he would score a 10th-place finish.[27]

Truck Series

2013

Wallace's 2013 truck

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.[28] 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.[29] The situation was compared to an incident at the 2011 WinStar World Casino 350K where Kyle Busch deliberately wrecked Hornaday at Texas Motor Speedway.[30]

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.[31][32] The only previous win by an African-American driver was by Wendell Scott in the Grand National Division on December 1, 1963.[31] Wallace finished 8th in points in his rookie season.[23]

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.[33] Wallace switched to the No. 34 for the Kroger 200 at Martinsville in tribute to Wendell Scott,[34] 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.[35] Wallace's four wins along with nine top fives and 14 top tens led to a third-place finish in points.[23]

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.[36] 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.[37]

2018

In May, Wallace once again returned to the Truck Series, driving the No. 20 for Young's Motorsports at Kansas.[38] He finished 14th after running out of fuel from 5th with 4 laps to go.[39]

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 filling in for the presumably suspended Austin Wayne Self where he would finish 10th and 20th respectively.[40]

Cup Series

2017

Wallace driving the 43 before the 2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400

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.[41] In qualifying for his Cup debut at the Pocono 400, he was able to advance to the second round and start 16th.[42] During the race, Wallace suffered from speeding penalties on pit road, including one while he was serving an earlier pass-through penalty;[43] at one point, he nearly missed his pit stall because he looked for his Xfinity pit sign instead of the No. 43.[44] He went on to finish 26th and one lap down. After congratulating Ryan Blaney in Victory Lane, Wallace passed out and required medical attention. He later stated, "This is the third time this is happened. I get so pissed off at myself that I just pass out."[43]

Wallace earned a finish of 11th at Kentucky after being involved in a last lap wreck.

2018

Wallace battling for second place with Denny Hamlin during the 2018 Daytona 500

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.[45] Wallace was officially introduced to the team as their new driver on October 25, 2017.[46] He is the first African-American driver to have a full-time Cup ride since Wendell Scott in 1971.[47]

Prior to the season-opening Daytona 500, Wallace received support from National Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron and Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton.[47] 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.[48][47] 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.[49]

2019

Wallace's No. 43 during the 2019 Drydene 400

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.[50]

At the Brickyard 400, Wallace had one of the best runs of his career by finishing third after running top 10 all day long.[51] He continued to show improvements to his finishes during the season, notably at Richmond, where he started 37th and finished 12th.[52]

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.[53] 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.[54] On October 5, 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.[55]

On November 9, 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.[56] He once again finished 28th in the final points standings.

2020

For the 2020 season, Wallace was reunited with crew chief Jerry Baxter, who worked with him in the Truck Series.[57] In the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas, Wallace finished sixth for his best finish on a 1.5-mile track.[58] When the season was halted after four races due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was 18th in points.[59]

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."[60] Later in the series season, after initially posting a tweet seeking a spotter for the event at Talladega,[61] 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."[62]

In media

In 2017, Wallace voiced the character Bubba Wheelhouse in the 2017 Pixar film Cars 3.[63]

Leading up to the 2018 Daytona 500, Wallace starred in the Facebook Watch series Behind the Wall: Bubba Wallace.[64]

Personal life

Wallace is best friends with fellow driver and competitor Ryan Blaney.[65] The two had first met when they raced Bandoleros in their youth.[66]

In 2019, Wallace revealed that he dealt with and continues to deal with depression for most of his racing career.[67] 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.[68]

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.[69] Less than a month later, Wallace had Petty's signature tattooed on the back of his right thigh.[70]

Reaction to the Black Lives Matter movement

In May 2020, after the killing of George Floyd by police officers 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 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 white fans in the South continued to hoist the Confederate flag at races.[71] On June 10, 2020, NASCAR officially banned the display of the flag at its events.[72]

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. 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 quarterpanel of the car that features hands of all colors circling inside the peace symbol.[73][74] 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.[75] Wallace finished 11th after securing top-ten finishes in both stages, his career best at Martinsville in the Cup Series.[76]

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.[77] 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".[78] 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.[79]

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 that was located on an overhead door, and had been in the garage since the fall Talladega race in 2019.[80] The FBI's determination led to people criticizing Wallace on social media as "fake" and questioning his integrity.[81][82] Wallace stated in interviews that although he was relieved that he wasn't specifically targeted, he was frustrated by the backlash he received.[81][82] He nonetheless vowed not to let the incident or the subsequent "hoax" allegations "break" him.[82] He added that regardless of "whether tied in 2019" or "wasn't directed at me, but somebody tied a noose".[83]

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 a pull-down rope but only Wallace's being tied into a noose.[84] 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."[77]

Two weeks after the GEICO 500, on July 6, United States 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.[85] Later in the day, Beats Electronics announced that it had signed Wallace to an endorsement deal, noting the company had intended to do so later in the week "but hate cannot win the day."[86]

Motorsports career results

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	0^1	[87]
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	CLT 36	DOV 23	TAL 19	KAN 26	MAR 34	TEX 25	PHO 10	HOM 21	28th	471	[88]
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	CLT 24	DOV 20	TAL 24	KAN 35	MAR 13	TEX 24	PHO 25	HOM 34	28th	437	[89]
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	DAY 25	DOV	DOV	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO	-*	-*	[59]

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2018	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet	7	2
2019			13	38
2020			11	15

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	[90]
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	0^1	[91]
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	[92]
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	[93]
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	[94]
	Biagi-DenBeste Racing	98	Ford																										CHI 10	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM

Gander Outdoors Truck Series

NASCAR Gander Outdoors 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	NGOTC	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	[95]
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	[96]
		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	0^1	[97]
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	0^1	[98]
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	0^1	[99]

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	GRE 15	NHA 9	DOV 25					3rd	1467	[100]
		76				IOW 3
2011		6	Toyota	GRE 6	SBO 6*	RCH 1	IOW 6	BGS 6	GRE 4	LGY 9	NHA 30	COL 1*	GRE 6	NHA 3	DOV 1			2nd	1871	[101]
2012	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Toyota	BRI 18	GRE 1*	RCH 28	IOW 26	BGS 2	GRE 7	LGY 16	CNB 22	COL 3	IOW 11	NHA 3	DOV 2*	GRE 13	CAR 2	7th	470	[102]
2018	Jefferson Pitts Racing	27	Chevy	NSM	BRI	LGY	SBO	SBO	MEM	NJM	TMP	NHA	IOW	GLN 6	GTW	NHA	DOV	42nd	38	[103]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

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	[104]

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External links

• Official website
• Bubba Wallace driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Bubba Wallace on IMDb