Bubba Wallace earned his first pole of the season Saturday afternoon at Texas Motor Speedway with a qualifying lap of 188.337 mph. It was his first pole of the season and the second career pole for the driver of the 23XI Racing No. 23 Toyota.
The three-time Daytona 500 champion led 142 of 500 laps and rallied from a Lap 70 pit road speeding penalty to lead the final 134 laps and win the Playoff's Round of 16 finale under the lights at Thunder Valley.
The two-time Xfinity Series champion from Corning, California, led the final two of 268 over-scheduled laps and capitalized on a late caution period to win in overtime and transfer to the second round of the 2023 Cup Series Playoffs.
The 29-year-old Wallace from Mobile, Alabama, trails the top-12 cutline by 19 points amid a 32nd-place finish after being hampered by a flat right-rear tire and scrubbing the wall during the second stage.
The 2015 Xfinity Series champion from Prosper, Texas, led the final two of 163 over-scheduled laps and benefitted in overtime with drafting help from teammate Keselowski to capture his third checkered flag of the 2023 Cup Series season in the regular-season finale.
The 25-year-old Byron from Charlotte, North Carolina, led a race-high 66 of 90 laps en route to his fifth Cup Series victory of the 2023 season at The Glen.
The 29-year-old Wallace from Mobile, Alabama, occupies the final Playoff vacant spot by 32 points over rookie Ty Gibbs approaching the regular-season finale of the 2023 season.
The 2021 Daytona 500 champion from Glendale, Arizona, led a race-high 54 of 82 laps and became the 13th different competitor to claim a 2023 Cup Playoff berth by claiming his second series triumph at the Brickyard.
The 2015 Xfinity Series champion from Prosper, Texas, led a race-high 52 of 200 laps and outlasted a one-day rain delay period to fend off Truex and notch his second consecutive Cup victory in recent weeks at the Irish Hills.
The 2015 Xfinity Series champion from Prosper, Texas, led 88 of 400-scheduled laps and fended off Denny Hamlin in a three-lap shootout to become the 12th different competitor to clinch a 2023 Cup Series Playoff spot by winning.
