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Here’s how iRacing is helping NASCAR turn the L.A. Coliseum into a race track<\/h4>\n

NASCAR is opening the 2022 season with an exhibition Clash race held on a temporary paved track built in the L.A. Coliseum. iRacing VP Steve Meyers enters The Fox Garage to talk about how the racing simulator is being used to help develop it.<\/p>\n

So that’s what the song is about.<\/p>\n

\"\" <\/p>\n

(McDonald’s)<\/p>\n

Bubba Wallace’s primary sponsor, McDonald’s, updated its Twitter account to celebrate his historic first NASCAR Cup Series win.<\/p>\n

\"Wallace <\/p>\n

\n Wallace drives the #23 car for 23XI Racing
\n (Sean Gardner\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Wallace won the rain-shortened YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Monday for Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin’s 23XI Racing to become just the second Black driver to claim victory in the series.<\/p>\n

It was also the first win for a McDonald’s-sponsored car since Jimmy Spencer won the Pepsi 400 at Daytona in 1994.<\/p>\n

\"Jimmy <\/p>\n

\n Jimmy Spencer beat Ernie Irvan by just .008 of a second to win the 1994 Pepsi 400 at Daytona.
\n (\u00a0ISC Archives\/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

McDonald’s now goes by the Twitter handle “bubba wallace stan account” and added a graphic that says “bu bba ba ba ba” that plays off of its commercial jingle along with his image as a profile pic.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n

The account also pinned a tweet that says “you can’t spell @BubbaWallace without the W”.<\/p>\n

Wallace will be going for his second win at the Charlotte Roval on Sunday Oct. 10 as the Cup Series Playoffs Round of 12 comes to a close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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