Bubba Wallace makes 300th career Cup Series start
Bubba Wallace made his 300th career NASCAR Cup Series start after taking the inexperienced flag in Sunday’s CreationHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway (FOX, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
The driver of the No. 23 Toyota for 23XI Racing is competing in his ninth full-time season at NASCAR’s prime degree and has amassed three wins whereas qualifying for the Cup Series postseason twice (2023, 2025).
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Wallace received the call-up to the Cup Series in the course of 2017 to pilot the No. 43 for then-Richard Petty Motorsports (now Legacy Motor Club) after Aric Almirola suffered an damage. Wallace competed in 4 races that yr earlier than incomes the full-time journey within the No. 43 for the 2018 season.
He collected three prime fives in three seasons for RPM earlier than a shockwave new possession duo of Denny Hamlin and NBA legend Michael Jordan shaped 23XI Racing and named Wallace his full-time driver for 2021.
Before Saturday’s apply and qualifying periods at Kansas, Wallace contemplated a number of the moments from his racing journey, saying a number of the lows of his career had caught with him together with the highs.
“I reflect a lot, reflect a lot on the bad ones because we always say we can always remember the ones we lose, right?” Wallace stated. “So, yeah, 300, it’s crazy. It’s cool to go through the motions with RPM and now 23XI and to build this team into what it is now, so it’s cool to play small parts.”
Wallace earned his first career victory at Talladega Superspeedway in October 2021, changing into the primary Black driver to make the journey to Victory Lane since Wendell Scott in 1963.
Wallace scored his second Cup win within the 2022 postseason at Kansas Speedway and competed for the championship in 2023.
After a winless 2024, Wallace scored the largest victory of his career in 2025 — holding off two-time Cup Series champion Kyle Larson to win the Brickyard 400 on the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Wallace entered Sunday’s race eighth within the Cup Series standings with 4 top-10 outcomes to this point in 2026.
Wallace can be part of the likes of Hall of Famers Cale Yarborough and Rusty Wallace, and Cup champions Kyle Busch, Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski to win of their 300th career start.
