February 23, 2026

23XI Racing's Bubba Wallace had another strong performance end with promise of what could've been in Sunday's Autotrader 400 at EchoPark Speedway. The No. 23 Toyota driver started from the ninth position and quietly made his way through to the front of the pack. At the end of the first stage, he competed with Austin Cindric for the stage win and fell short behind Cindric, finishing second at the stage end and earning nine stage points. In the second stage, Wallace made a pit stop that sent him further back in the field, but he quickly made it back up to the front with his teammate, Tyler Reddick. Although he traded the lead a few times with different drivers, Wallace ended the second stage on top, winning it over William Byron after a crash between Kyle Larson and Shane Van Gisbergen ended the stage. In the final stage, Wallace continued to show plenty of speed, despite falling out of the top 10 due to pitting, he came back up and competed for the win on the last restart. On that last restart, Wallace went to block Carson Hocevar, but was shuffled to the top by Hocevar, causing Wallace to fall back. The 23XI driver did catch up to eighth position and finished there, nabbing his second consecutive top-10 finish of the year and the third of his Cup career at EchoPark Speedway.--Sean Engel - RotoBaller
Source: NASCAR.com