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Bubba Wallace spotter Freddie Kraft wins Twitter following wreck-filled Atlanta race

Stephen Samraby: Steve Samra07/01/25SamraSource

This past weekend’s race at EchoPark Speedway (formerly known as Atlanta Motor Speedway) was a brutal test for the spotters of the NASCAR Cup Series. There were multiple gigantic wrecks that wreaked havoc on the field.

After the carnage was settled, Bubba Wallace’s spotter, Freddie Kraft, won Twitter (now known as X) with a tremendous post. He wrote, “Hell yeah. I didn’t miss a wreck all night,” with a gif of someone patting themselves on the back.

Evidently, Kraft was locked in as the eyes in the sky for Wallace this past Saturday night. Unfortunately, it didn’t lead to a victory for the 23XI Racing wheelman, but the Mobile, Alabama native did muster up a P22 finish. Not too shabby considering the wrecks that plagued the field.

Alas, Kraft knows how to play the media game well when it comes to NASCAR. It’s no surprise he had the perfect response ready to roll, as he always has a couple quips when recapping the week that was on his Door Bumper Clear podcast for Dirty Mo Media.

Moving forward, Freddie Kraft will be hoping to guide Bubba Wallace back to Victory Lane. There’s some road courses coming up, which aren’t his driver’s strong-suit, but you never know what could happen once the rubber meets the road.

Denny Hamlin holds nothing back on Bubba Wallace’s winless streaks

As the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season rages on, Denny Hamlin has three wins. However, his 23XI Racing wheelmen in Bubba Wallace, Tyler Reddick and Riley Herbst have yet to get to Victory Lane.

While Herbst isn’t exactly expected to take the checkered flag home, at least not this season, Wallace and Reddick have proven more than capable. For one reason or another, neither have locked themselves into the playoffs, although they’ve done well in the overall point standings. 

Regardless, the 23XI Racing co-owner in Hamlin believes the team is supplying Wallace and Reddick with the necessary tools to get a win on their resume. It hasn’t come to fruition yet, and Hamlin didn’t hold back on the matter while speaking with FOX’s Bob Pockrass.

“I just know the resources that we’ve put in at 23XI, and all of our drivers should win,” Hamlin told Pockrass. “That is the expectation that I have of them. Obviously, it is a results-based business, and if you don’t over time, you consider your options.

“Overall, I’ve seen enough progression, specifically, from the [Wallace] standpoint, that I can see where this can go. Putting himself in a playoff position year after year is good, but winning makes it better.”

Wallace’s last win came during a 2022 race at Kansas Speedway. His other victory for 23XI Racing came in 2021, in a rain-shortened event at Talladega Superspeedway. To say Hamlin is expecting a little more out of Wallace would be an understatement, but Wallace is expecting more out of himself, as well.

Until Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick win and lock themselves into the playoffs, Denny Hamlin and the rest of the motorsports world will be watching the 23XI Racing duo close. A win would quiet any and all haters for a bit, but if the past is any indicator, it’s far from guaranteed from happening.