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Bubba Wallace Becomes First Black Driver In 58 Years To Win A NASCAR Cup Race

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Bubba Wallace, who drives the number 23 Toyota Camry for Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin’s racing team, won the rain-shortened YellaWood 500 NASCAR race at Talladega today.

In doing so, Wallace became only the second Black driver to win a NASCAR Cup race, the first being Hall-of-Famer Wendell Scott in 1963.When asked about his win in that context Wallace told NBC, “I never think about those things.” The driver then became visibly emotional and responded, “When you say it like that, it obviously beings a lot of joy, a lot of emotion.”"Just proud to be a winner in the Cup Series."An emotional @BubbaWallace at @Talladega. #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/b2O4QpCDMa— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 4, 2021The win was not only Wallace’s first since

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