When was McDonald’s last victory in NASCAR?
Jack NicoleOctober 5, 2021
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Bubba Wallace won a rain-shortened NASCAR race at Talladega with McDonald’s as the main sponsor. It’s been a long time since the brand last won a cup, and when was that?
Wallace wins, McDonald’s back on NASCAR winning path
McDonald’s is just one of many blue-chip sponsors joining the 23XI Racing team for its inaugural season in 2021.
It’s been a tough year for the 23XI, with the team struggling in the first few races.
Wallace scored the team’s first top-10 in Pocono and finished second in the regular-season finale in Daytona.
For the final Superspeedway race of the season at Talladega, McDonald’s was the main sponsor of Wallace’s #23 Toyota Camry.
Wallace always excels on the super circuit, and he crafts the draft skillfully and leads the way.
With just five laps left in the second stage, the contact between Ryan Preece and William Byron sparked caution.
When a rain room then passed through Talladega, NASCAR opted to announce the race, giving Wallace his first Cup win.
By doing so, Wallace claimed that McDonald’s won as a major NASCAR sponsor for the first time since 1994.
Who won McDonald’s last NASCAR victory?
Ironically, at Talladega in July 1994, McDonald’s last entered the road to victory as a major sponsor.
Jimmy Spencer drove the No. 27 to victory lane ahead of Bill Elliott and Ernie Irvan.
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Over the course of those 27 years, the record for games that McDonald’s has played as a major sponsor is 0-441.
During that time, drivers such as Elliott, Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth have all driven McDonald’s cars in NASCAR.
As of October 4, 2021, Spencer’s victory on July 24, 1994 came 9,934 days earlier than Wallace’s victory on the 2.66-mile oval.
What about Kyle Larson in 2019?
In 2019, McDonald’s joined Chip Ganassi’s #42 operation as Kyle Larson’s main sponsor.
That year, in the second Dover race, Larson would have his only win of the season — and indeed, Ganassi’s last.
However, Larson’s main sponsor at that game was Clover.
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Jack usually writes or reads anything related to motorsport – from Formula 1 to NASCAR to British truck racing. His work as a motorsport reporter has been published in prestigious media such as Autosport, Motorsport.com and Motorsport News. In addition to racing, he is an avid amateur astronomer, podcast listener, and enjoys walks in the park with his three dogs.
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