Bubba Wallace

William Darrell Bubba Wallace Jr born October 8 1993 is an American professional stock car racing driver He competes fulltime in the NASCAR Cup Series driving the No 23 Toyota Camry for 23XI Racing Wallace was previously a development driver in Toyotas driver development program where he drove parttime for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Xfinity Series and fulltime for Kyle Busch Motorsports in the Camping World Truck Series He then moved over to Ford and their driver development program and competed fulltime for Roush Fenway Racing in the Xfinity Series After competing in select Cup Series races for Richard Petty Motorsports in their famous No 43 as an injury replacement for Aric Almirola Wallace became a fulltime driver for RPM in the same car when Almirola left the team which was his first fulltime ride in the Cup Series Wallace has been the only fulltime African American driver in NASCARs three national series Cup Xfinity and Truck each year he has competed in them He is the only African American driver to win more than once in any of these series which has made him one of the most successful African American drivers in the history of NASCAR In addition in June 2020 Wallace became known for his activism on racial justice in response to the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests which led to NASCAR strengthening their actions and efforts in this area highlighted by them banning the display of the Confederate flag at their tracks Description above from the Wikipedia article Bubba Wallace licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia