US EditionBubba Wallace Becomes First Black Driver to Win Major Race on Indianapolis' Oval
MARION COUNTY, INDIANA, JUL 27 – Bubba Wallace overcame a rain delay and two overtime restarts to win the Brickyard 400, breaking a 100-race winless streak and securing a playoff spot, officials said.
- On Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Bubba Wallace secured a historic victory in the Brickyard 400, marking the first time a Black driver has won on the track’s 2.5-mile oval.
- His win ended a 100-race drought that stretched all the way to a September 2022 event at Kansas Motor Speedway and came after three years of uncertainty about his racing career.
- Wallace survived a late rain delay and two overtimes, holding off defending champion Kyle Larson by 0.222 seconds in a tense finish.
- This marked Wallace's third career NASCAR Cup victory, his first in NASCAR’s four crown jewel races, and secured his spot in the 2025 playoff series.
- The win brought a boost to 23XI Racing, co-owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin, and represented a significant milestone for diversity in NASCAR.
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Bubba Wallace overcame an 18-minute rain delay, two tantalizing overtimes, fears about running out of fuel late and the hard-charging defending race champ, Kyle Larson, on back-to-back restarts to be the first Black driver to win a major race on Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 2.5-mile oval.
Bubba Wallace wins Brickyard 400 at Indy
As the checkered flag waved as Bubba Wallace crossed the finish line at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday and won the Brickyard 400, NASCAR’s lone Black driver shouted one word. “Unbelievable.” Wallace became the first African American driver to win a major race at the historic home of the Indianapolis 500 when he topped Kyle Larson by just 0.222 seconds. It was Wallace’s third NASCAR victory, but the driver who races for 23XI co-owners Mic…
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