Running in the top-10 before both cars were taken out in a massive lap 262 crash during Sunday's Goodyear 400 at Darlington seemed par for the course for the 23XI Racing Toyotas of Kurt Busch and Bubba Wallace.
The Mobile, Alabama, native fended off the field in the closing laps of the second stage to become the second African-American competitor to win in NASCAR's premier series.
The 2016 Daytona 500 winning crew chief and veteran is set to lead Bubba Wallace and the newly formed 23XI Racing atop the pit box for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season.
