The last few weeks in NASCAR have felt like a courtroom drama with no commercial breaks. Lawsuits, charter fights, executives on the stand, drivers tweeting when their lawyers are asleep. It has been heavy, tense, and sometimes downright ugly. Everyone needed a breath of fresh air. And right then, Bubba Wallace walked onto the TODAY Show set with Toyota and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and gave everyone exactly that.

Wallace and Toyota turn a morning show into a surprise party

At first, it looked like a standard celebrity guest segment, where Wallace was smiling in a sharp jacket, a shiny Toyota Tundra parked on set, a bed covered in toys. Then the real magic happened. Wallace and Toyota handed over the keys to that truck, a mountain of gifts, and most importantly, a check for $26

See Full Page