Bubba Wallace Survives Violent Charlotte NASCAR Crash

Bubba Wallace escaped serious injury after a violent multi-car crash involving Alex Bowman during the Bank of America 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday, October 11, 2026. The NASCAR Cup Series drivers collided while battling near the front of the field, ending their races and sending Wallace to the medical center for evaluation.

According to the Charlotte Observer, Wallace was helped from his No. 23 car before walking to an ambulance and later being cleared by medical staff. Alex Bowman’s No. 48 car struck Wallace after Bowman lost control while exiting a corner, with William Byron also caught in the wreck.

Wallace was running around fifth place on Lap 77 when the incident occurred, according to Motorsport.com. The crash left Wallace, Bowman and Byron unable to continue, with Wallace finishing 37th, Bowman 38th and Byron 39th.

Bowman accepted responsibility for the incident after the race. The Hendrick Motorsports driver said his car unexpectedly became loose before he overcorrected and hit Wallace.

"I overcorrected and just did a (bad) job. Ruined some guys’ days. So I hate that for William and Bubba. It’s on me," Bowman said.

Bowman also explained that the car’s sudden movement left him unable to recover before making contact with the other drivers. Motorsport.com reported that he apologized for affecting Wallace and Byron’s races.

"Yeah, it just got loose," Bowman said. "I honestly have been really tight and I don't know, as soon as it got to the exit of the corner, it snapped and kind of didn't stand a chance. Unfortunately, grabbed too much wheel and over corrected into those two guys.

I hate that for our Ally 48 team. Obviously, we had a pretty fast car. I also hate that for the the 23 [Wallace] and 24 [Byron] cars like just it's fine to get loose and crash, but to ruin their days too really sucks.

"It's on me. I just didn't hang on to it well enough and just caught off-guard. I don't know why I got as loose as I did I hadn't been loose at all but it's part of driving race cars and unfortunately I didn't do a good enough job of it," Bowman said.

Wallace later updated reporters after being released from care and said he did not blame Bowman for the crash. He remained inside the top 10 of the championship standings despite losing points from the DNF.

"I’m fine," Wallace said.

Wallace described the crash as unavoidable from his perspective and said the first impact affected his car before the second hit.

"No warning," Wallace said. "I saw it in the last second. The 48 [Bowman] came up and clipped us.

No hard feelings, it's just racing. It's loose down there ... Him and I don't want to give up spots (and) he wants to get by me.

But for pit road sake, to keep our day smooth, we want to stay in front of him. But he just got loose and, to be honest, the first hit wiped our brakes out. And so on the second hit, it got me good.

But we're good. We've still got nine fingers and nine toes, so we're fine."

Chase Briscoe won the Charlotte race after a photo finish against Christopher Bell, while Kyle Larson finished sixth and maintained a championship points lead with four races remaining, according to Fox News Digital.