{"id":34092,"date":"2025-07-30T10:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/34092\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T10:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:31:09","slug":"nascar-icon-will-not-congratulate-bubba-wallace-for-indy-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/34092\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR icon will not congratulate Bubba Wallace for Indy win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bubba Wallace<\/a> is the toast of NASCAR<\/a> after that crucial victory in Indianapolis on Sunday, but not everybody is lining up to congratulate him. <\/p>\n

\nThe 31-year-old from Mobile, Alabama had been winless for three years and 100 Cup Series races until he just outlasted Kyle Larson in a breathless finish to the Brickyard 400<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\nREAD MORE: NASCAR announce five drivers DEMOTED at Indianapolis including Denny Hamlin<\/a> <\/p>\n

\nIt was a famous win for Wallace, who not only snapped that miserable losing run, but also nailed down a place in the season-ending Cup Series playoffs in the process. <\/p>\n

\nAfterwards the scene in Indy was one of wild celebration for the 23XI Racing team, with a party even team owner Michael Jordan<\/a> would be proud of. Featuring a shirtless Wallace center stage. <\/p>\n

\nMost folks seem delighted for Bubba after he finally silenced all of those critics, but one man who won\u2019t be congratulating him anytime soon is his old boss Richard Petty. <\/p>\n

\nWallace, remember, spent four seasons driving for Richard Petty Motorsports between 2017-2020 – failing to register a Cup series victory during that period. <\/p>\n

\nSo clearly the two had a long relationship of working together, but that doesn\u2019t mean the NASCAR legend that is Petty will be calling up Bubba to give him a big, fat \u2018well done\u2019 for winning in Indy. <\/p>\n

Richard Petty on Wallace win<\/p>\n

\nThe 88-year-old was asked whether he\u2019d be congratulating Wallace by a fan during a podcast Q and A<\/a>, and the answer was brutally honest. <\/p>\n

\n\u201cNo, I never congratulate anybody, you know. Even MY drivers and stuff. You put \u2018em out there, you expect \u2018em to win the race.\u201d <\/p>\n

\nDespite that take, Petty did have to (almost) take his hat off to Wallace for running strong, clean race all day long. <\/p>\n

\n\u201cThey ran good all day. He was right up front, he didn\u2019t cause any confusion, didn\u2019t really have to race a whole lot with anybody – he just run, run, run. And then the way they made their pitstop, everything worked out good. <\/p>\n

\n\u201cBut then when it came down to the green\/white\/checkered deals, he was the fastest car – he was faster than the 5 car, the 11 car.\u201d <\/p>\n

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