Bubba Wallace Admits JGR Still Sets the Bar in Toyota’s In-House Battle Bubba Wallace admits JGR sets Toyota’s playoff bar, as Bristol spin controversy highlights 23XI’s fight to match their dominance

Toyota’s playoff run in 2025 has been a masterclass in teamwork, with Joe Gibbs Racing leading the charge and 23XI Racing riding their coattails to stay in the fight. At Richmond earlier this year, Bubba Wallace’s No. 23 car lost a wheel after a pit miscue, but JGR’s pit crew swooped in mid-race to bolt it back on, saving his day and keeping him in the points hunt. That kind of collaboration, where JGR’s resources prop up Toyota’s entire stable, shows why they’re a postseason powerhouse.

JGR’s Christopher Bell, Ty Gibbs, Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe swept the Round of 16, leading nearly 80% of the laps, while Wallace and 23XI’s Tyler Reddick lean on that same tech and pit muscle to hang with the big dogs. But as Wallace himself admitted before New Hampshire’s Round of 12 opener, catchin