{"id":8474,"date":"2020-09-10T13:56:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T17:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=8474"},"modified":"2022-07-22T12:10:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T16:10:29","slug":"bubba-wallace-leaving-rpm-at-seasons-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2020\/09\/10\/bubba-wallace-leaving-rpm-at-seasons-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Bubba Wallace leaving RPM at season&#8217;s end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you had\u00a0<strong>Bubba Wallace<\/strong> leaving Richard Petty Motorsports at the end of the 2020 season, then come on down and collect your prize.<\/p>\n<p>Wallace confirmed on Twitter an <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/news\/nascars-bubba-wallace-not-returning-to-richard-petty-motorsports-source\/5vEKrOuLBBo1\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">earlier report<\/a> by Jordan Bianchi of\u00a0<em>The Athletic<\/em> that he made the decision to part ways with the team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pAFryYOorZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/pAFryYOorZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BubbaWallace\/status\/1304107241751162881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As of this piece&#8217;s publishing, Richard Petty Motorsports has not issued a comment on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>This move comes a month after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nascar\/news\/bubba-wallace-offered-part-ownership-stake-of-richard-petty-motorsports-to-re-sign-with-team-per-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he was offered an ownership stake<\/a>\u00a0in the team.\u00a0Wallace was set to become a free agent at the end of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season.<\/p>\n<p>His recent string of sponsorship announcements likely gives him leverage to sign with any team he desires.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BubbaWallace?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BubbaWallace<\/a> has partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kingsford?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Kingsford<\/a>, adding to his impressive string of new sponsorships during <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#COVID19<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/A_S12?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@A_S12<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Some of his other new deals recently include:<br \/>\n\u25fe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beatsbydre?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@beatsbydre<\/a><br \/>\n\u25fe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CashApp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CashApp<\/a><br \/>\n\u25fe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DoorDash?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DoorDash<\/a><br \/>\n\u25fe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia1938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Columbia1938<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Free to read: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DkOWInkBuB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/DkOWInkBuB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PlNc6oNHiO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/PlNc6oNHiO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sports Business Journal (@sbjsbd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sbjsbd\/status\/1301568577137508352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wallace is in the midst of a career season in the Cup Series, as he&#8217;s outperforming his previous best season totals in all but two categories.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8476\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-10-at-1.38.39-PM-300x51.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-10-at-1.38.39-PM-300x51.png 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-10-at-1.38.39-PM-768x131.png 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-10-at-1.38.39-PM-696x119.png 696w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-10-at-1.38.39-PM.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The uptick, however, didn&#8217;t bring his points ranking higher than midfield, as he sits 23rd in points.<\/p>\n<p>Wallace joined Richard Petty Motorsports as a fill-in driver in 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2017\/05\/20\/replacing-aric-almirola\/\" target=\"_self\">after primary driver\u00a0<strong>Aric Almirola<\/strong> injured his back in a crash at Kansas Speedway<\/a>. He impressed the team enough to land him a full-time ride in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you had\u00a0Bubba Wallace leaving Richard Petty Motorsports at the end of the 2020 season, then come on down and collect your prize. Wallace confirmed on Twitter an earlier report by Jordan Bianchi of\u00a0The Athletic that he made the decision to part ways with the team. pic.twitter.com\/pAFryYOorZ &mdash; Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) September 10, 2020 &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3353,"featured_media":8478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1664,3],"tags":[827,14,1269,371,322],"class_list":["post-8474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nascar","category-nascar-cup-series","category-news","tag-bubba-wallace","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-2020","tag-nascar-cup-series","tag-richard-petty-motorsports"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3353"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}