{"id":1900,"date":"2021-12-13T16:41:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T08:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2021-12-13T16:41:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T08:41:06","slug":"mcdonalds-boosting-bubba-wallace-nascar-sponsorship-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1900","title":{"rendered":"McDonalds boosting Bubba Wallace NASCAR sponsorship in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> close <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/931\/524\/bubba-wallace.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Here's how iRacing is helping NASCAR turn the L.A. Coliseum into a race track\" data-v-13907676> Video <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-13907676>Here&#8217;s how iRacing is helping NASCAR turn the L.A. Coliseum into a race track<\/h4>\n<p data-v-13907676>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<p class=\"speakable\">McDonald&#8217;s has announced plans to expand its sponsorship of Bubba Wallace in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2022.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/640\/320\/wallace.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Wallace won the rain-shortend Yellawood 500 at Talladega in October ahead of Kurt Busch in fourth place.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      Wallace won the rain-shortend Yellawood 500 at Talladega in October ahead of Kurt Busch in fourth place.<br \/>\n      (Sean Gardner\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The fast food giant was the primary sponsor of Wallace&#8217;s 23XI Chevrolet for eight races this season, including his first series win at Talladega in October.<\/p>\n<p>Wallace will drive a McDonald&#8217;s-sponsored car in the Daytona 500, but the full number of races for next season has not been released.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/640\/320\/bubba-wallace.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Wallace's car wore several different McDonald's paint schemes in 2021.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      Wallace&#8217;s car wore several different McDonald&#8217;s paint schemes in 2021.<br \/>\n      (Chris Graythen\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wouldn\u2019t be where I am today if it weren\u2019t for @McDonalds. Thank you for believing in me and trusting in the process. Here\u2019s to 2022! See y\u2019all in @DAYTONA,&#8221; Wallace tweeted about the partnership.<\/p>\n<p>McDonald&#8217;s is bringing Wallace&#8217;s new teammate along for the ride, too. The Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin-owned team is expanding with a second car for its second season that will be driven by 2004 NASCAR champion Kurt Busch and sponsored by McDonald&#8217;s for several races.<\/p>\n<p>Bush, who is primarily backed by Monster Energy, tweeted, &#8220;Let\u2019s go! Thank you @McDonalds for welcoming me to the family. Looking forward to getting on track and accomplishing big things together!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/640\/320\/wallace-next.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Wallace and Busch will be driving the all-new Next Gen Cup Series cars in 2022.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      Wallace and Busch will be driving the all-new Next Gen Cup Series cars in 2022.<br \/>\n      (Bob Leverone\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Both drivers will be debuting their all-new Next Gen Toyota Camrys in the Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum on a temporary track built inside the L.A. Memorial Coliseum the weekend of February 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Here&#8217;s how iRacing is helping NASCAR turn the L.A. 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