Bubba Wallace loses tire during NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond

Bubba Wallace's chances of winning Saturday's Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway are doomed after a costly pit road mistake. 

During a cycle of green flag pit stops in Stage 3, Wallace, who won Stage 2 and was running in third, came down pit road for fresh tires and fuel. When he pulled out of his pit stall, however, the left-front tire from Wallace's No. 23 Toyota came loose and rolled down pit road. 

A quick move by Wallace to pull into the pit stall of Chase Briscoe — a fellow Toyota driver — allowed Briscoe's crew to put Wallace's left-front tire back on, but the additional time spent on pit road and subsequent penalty for pitting outside of his pit box are, in essence, the death knell for Wallace's chance to win his second race of the 2025 season.