Bubba Wallace made history as the first Black driver to win a race at the oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Mobile native achieved this historic milestone by winning the Brickyard 400 NASCAR Cup race and claiming the checkered flag ahead of Kyle Larson. He even beat out his 23XI Racing Team co-owner Denny Hamlin, who finished in third place.

Bubba Wallace became the first Black driver to win on Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 2.5-mile oval, surviving a late rain delay, two overtimes, concerns over running out of fuel and a hard-charging Kyle Larson on Sunday in the Brickyard 400.

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