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Bubba Wallace will use a WrestleMania paint scheme for his next NASCAR race<\/p>\n
Bubba Wallace will race in a tricked-out, WWE-themed racecar on April 12 at Bristol Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n
Wallace, a member of Michael Jordan\u2019s 23XI Racing, will compete with a WrestleMania<\/a> 42 paint scheme<\/a>. The largely black paint job includes WWE\u2019s WrestleMania logo for its two-night event in Las Vegas<\/a>.<\/p>\n Of all the awe-inspiring designs on display at Bristol this weekend, Wallace\u2019s WrestleMania<\/a> is among the most flashy designs.<\/p>\n Wallace is in his ninth full-time season in the NASCAR<\/a> Cup Series. Wallace became the second Black driver to win in the Cup Series with his victory in 2021 at Talladega Superspeedway \u2014 the first of his career and first for 23XI Racing<\/a>.<\/p>\n His first crown-jewel victory occurred in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in July 2025, which was his third and most recent victory.<\/p>\n WWE Has a Long History With NASCAR<\/p>\n Bubba Wallace\u2019s custom WrestleMania paint scheme continues a lengthy history between WWE and NASCAR<\/a>.<\/p>\n During the heralded \u201cMonday Night Wars\u201d in the 1990s, WCW and WWE would regularly sponsor cars. In 1997, Kyle Petty drove a car emblazoned with the nWo logo<\/a> in the Busch Grand National Series. The NASCAR<\/a> driver said Hulk Hogan contacted him directly to ask him to be a nWo ally on the track.<\/p>\n Hogan and Stone Cold Steve Austin have been Grand Marshals for several NASCAR races.<\/p>\n NASCAR drivers also made frequent appearances at WCW live shows. Notably, a WCW-sponsored car won two races in what is now the Xfinity Series \u2013 one with Steve Grissom and the other with Greg Sacks.<\/p>\n WWE (formerly known as WWF) also sold NASCAR-inspired clothing back then, like WWF racing jacket Bad Bunny wore on SmackDown. The retro WWF logo appeared on the livestream but was digitized on playback due to restrictions from the World Wildlife Fund\u2019s lawsuit in 1998.<\/p>\n Bad Bunny wore a jacket featuring the WWF logo, something that hasn\u2019t been seen since 2002 when WWF transitioned into the WWE \ud83d\ude33. <\/p>\n Wallace will be the first NASCAR driver with the WrestleMania logo in his paint scheme.<\/p>\n WrestleMania Returns to Allegiant Stadium<\/p>\n As NASCAR gears up for an exciting weekend at Bristol Speedway, WWE prepares for its biggest annual show \u2014 WrestleMania.<\/p>\n WrestleMania 42 will be held at Allegiant Stadium for the second straight year. The loaded pay-per-view event features eight championship matches, including a six-man ladder match. Celebrities are expected to abound at WrestleMania in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n In the ring, WWE stars Brock Lesnar, Randy Orton, and Cody Rhodes, among others, are scheduled to compete.<\/p>\n Tickets for WrestleMania are still available, which has been heavily discussed lately on Netflix\u2019s RAW. Reigning WWE heavyweight champion CM Punk called out TKO for pricing out willing attendees and demanded a price drop for the event.<\/p>\n According to a report from\u00a0Brandon Thurston at Post Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0and Wrestlenomics,\u00a0WrestleMania 41\u00a0from inside Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas in 2025 pulled in $66,074,558 in ticket revenue. That makes the event the\u00a0most lucrative pro wrestling event in history.<\/p>\n WWE is hoping for a similar output in a couple of weeks. The promotion is projected to have a $35 million production budget and was given $4.3 million in tax credits by the state of Nevada.<\/p>\n Night 1 of WrestleMania 42 begins April 18, six days after Bubba Wallace speeds through Bristol Speedway repping the event.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tJalyn Smoot<\/a> Jalyn Smoot is a sports journalist covering the NBA for Heavy.com. He has nearly 10 years of experience in local and national media, including print and digital. He previously covered the Texas Rangers for MLB.com and the Philadelphia 76ers for Metro Philadelphia. Smoot is a St. Louis born writer that now resides in Dallas. 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