Wallace is about to enter his seventh full-time season at the top level of NASCAR. In 2023, he went winless but made the playoffs for the first time, ending the year tenth in the championship standings.
However, Wallace, who has been very open about his personal struggles, revealed that he fell into a depression following the championship-decider. In an Instagram post after the Phoenix finale, the 30-year-old racer said he was "sitting here on the couch questioning everything and I have no idea why" at 3:42am. He described having "little to no emotion" after climbing out of the car, but ended the post with a hopeful message: "To my peeps out there starting at a blank wall, I'm with you. Tomorrow is another day. Another opportunity. Keep after it. ‘We gon be alright.'"
