Before he found out that his client Darrell Wallace Jr. was leading his race with ten laps to go at what would become the first win of his career, he’d already received a formal proclamation ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A visitor to the Daytona International Speedway media center Sunday night might have assumed that Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. won the Daytona 500, NASCAR’s biggest race.

Darrell Wallace Jr. is a one-in-a-million driver about to make good on a one-in-a-million shot, backed by one million of his parents' hard-earned dollars. Past history won't stop him now, nor will ...

Darrell Wallace Jr.'s historic victory at Martinsville was a big milestone for NASCAR and a giant step for diversity. But it didn't garner much attention among fans.

The first time Wendell Scott Jr. saw Darrell Wallace Jr. drive a race car at Caraway Speedway in North Carolina , Wallace was only 15 years old. Yet the elder Junior, then a talent scout for ...

Darrell Wallace, Jr., made history on Monday when he became the first African American driver to lead a top level NASCAR race since Wendell Scott won at Jacksonville in 1963.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to NASCAR driver Darrell "Bubba" Wallace. Wallace returns to Daytona International Speedway for his second Daytona 500 this weekend.

Darrell Wallace Jr. has won a trucks race at Martinsville Speedway, becoming the first black driver in a half century to win on NASCAR's national level.

Darrell Wallace Jr. figures he’s pretty set for his debut driving Richard Petty’s No. 43 Click n’ Close Chevrolet in NASCAR’s biggest race, the Feb. 18 Daytona 500 at Daytona International ...

"We congratulate Darrell Wallace Jr. on his first national series victory, one that will be remembered as a remarkable moment in our sport's history," NASCAR chairman Brian France said in a release.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The vignettes of emotion around Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. started early Sunday, well before he set sail in Richard Petty’s No. 43 for his first Daytona 500.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- It's 2015, and the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway is about to begin. There's Danica Patrick on the front row beside Darrell Wallace Jr., the first time a female and ...