Overview

• Bubba Wallace won the pole position for this weekend's NASCAR playoff race at Texas Motor Speedway.
• This is Wallace's second career pole and comes as he battles to advance past the second round of the playoffs.
• Wallace secured the final playoff spot with a win at Daytona but has struggled at Texas throughout his career.
• He will look to turn his pole position into a strong run to keep championship hopes alive with four drivers set to be eliminated after Texas.
• Wallace drives the No. 23 Toyota for 23XI Racing, co-owned by Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan.