Bubba Wallace couldn’t escape his midseason slump Sunday evening at Nashville Superspeedway after getting caught up in a multicar incident in the final stage with Chris Buescher and Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron and Alex Bowman.
On Lap 205, Carson Hocevar slid up into Buescher, causing the No. 17 RFK Racing Ford to snap loose in Turns 1 and 2 and go up into the No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota of Wallace. Byron had nowhere to go as he hit Wallace from behind and slammed the outside wall in sync with the No. 23.
With his damaged car, Wallace came back down the track and clipped the right-rear of Bowman to send the No. 48 Chevrolet spinning.
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“It’s been a long couple weeks. Just tired,” Wallace said after exiting the infield care center. “But I’ve become the [expletive] when I let this carry over in the Mondays and Tuesdays so somehow, put on a face. As soon as I hit the wall, steering was locked and no brakes, so I hate it for the 48 team. I knew cars were coming still and that one sucked.”
Buescher remained on the lead lap after the incident, but Wallace (32nd) and Bowman (33rd) went behind the wall with their days coming to an end. Byron returned to the track 33 laps down. However, the No. 24 team called it a night before the checkered flag and was credited with a 30th-place result.
In the closing laps, Buescher suffered a brake rotor failure and was scored 29th on the results sheet.
After being second in points four races into 2026, Wallace has dipped to 15th in points with finishes of 22nd or worse in four of the last five events.