Bubba Wallace felt composed during his Duel win and said 23XI Racing is brimming with confidence heading into the 2025 Daytona 500.

Bubba Wallace won the first of two qualifying races for the Daytona 500. He showed enough speed to make him one of the favorites heading into “The Great American Race.”

Bubba Wallace will start third in the Daytona 500 on Sunday Wallace won the first Duel qualifying race ahead of William Byron and Ty Dillon. He had a fast car for much of the race and was able to control the lead at the front for the final laps.

Bubba Wallace said he "couldn't care less" if Donald Trump attends the Daytona 500 on Sunday, nearly five years after the president accused the NASCAR Cup Series' only Black full-time driver of perpetrating " a hoax" when a crew member found a noose in the team garage stall.

With a speed of 187.480 mph, Denny Hamlin posted the fastest lap in Wednesday’s (Feb. 12) Daytona 500 practice session. Toyota swept the top three spots in the first on-track action of Speedweeks, as Bubba Wallace and Ty Gibbs posted the second- and third-fastest times,

Bubba Wallace is one of multiple NASCAR Cup Series drivers coming into the 2025 season with a change to his team. Crew chief Bootie Barker has been replaced by Charles Denike, who worked with Christian Eckes in the Truck Series for the previous two seasons and combined for seven wins,

The Daytona 500, debuted in 1959 and quickly became NASCAR's biggest race. This year marks the 67th running of the Great American Race.

The win puts Wallace in the third starting spot for the Daytona 500, a race he’s never won but twice finished runner up.

Bubba Wallace, driving the No. 23 Toyota for 23XI Racing, won the first of two qualifying races Thursday for the upcoming Daytona 500.

Here is what drivers had to say after Thursday's Daytona 500 Duel qualifying races at Daytona International Speedway: Bubba Wallace — Winner in Race 1: “What a good night. I didn’t know how it was going to play out,

Bubba Wallace won a Duel Thursday. Erik Jones did, too, until a review gave the victory to Austin Cindric. And Corey LaJoie is in the Daytona 500.

Bubba Wallace won his first Daytona 500 qualifying race as Justin Allgaier ensured JR Motorsports will start its first Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway. In the opening Daytona 500 Duel qualifying race Thursday night,