Kyle Petty Reveals Bubba Wallace’s Mom’s Crazy Reaction to NASCAR Win: “I Got Like 6000 of Them!”

After a thrilling race last weekend at Kansas, 23XI Racing driver Bubba Wallace bagged his second NASCAR Cup Series win. The driver who won his first race at Talladega last year became the 18th new winner for the season of 2022.

Recently, in an episode of NASCAR America Motormouths hosted by Steve Letarte, Jeff Burton, and Kyle Petty, the current #45 driver made an appearance to talk about his recent win at Kansas Speedway.

Kyle Petty on the podcast shared a moment that happened after the race at Kansas last weekend. He said, “So I text your(Bubba Wallace) mom when the race was a win and I think her finger got hung over the trophy emoji. I wasn’t sure because I got like six thousand of them.”

He then asked Wallace, “How excited was she when you finally talked to her?”
To this 23XI driver replied, “Yeah! She was pumped. I called her after leaving the racetrack and she was super pumped for us and the team. And just happy and proud. Gotta talk to her and talked to my dad too. That was really cool.”

“But you know it’s family sport no matter what you go through,  the trials and tribulations of life. Family is always the most important thing. Great to have Amanda there as well, got her first win in person, but yeah, mom was pumped,” the #45 driver added in the end.

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With this small interaction, Wallace showed the love he gets from his parents whenever he races, also really emphasizing the importance of his family’s support during a tough time. This second career win was really an important feather in the cap for the native of Alabama.

Bubba Wallace is a “family guy”

In an episode of NASCAR’s Stacking Pennies, Wallace talked about maintaining a healthy relationship with the pit crew off the track as well. And also the difficulties he faced while leaving Richard Petty Motorsports and joining 23XI Racing.

In that podcast, Wallace said, “I am more of like a family guy. Like. I want my guys to be a part of our everyday lives and talking about more than just race cars. Whether that’s building race cars or pitting the race cars.”

He also added, “Going into the 23 deal, you know the hardest thing was leaving that atmosphere, that vibe everybody just wrapped your arms around. And, that was the toughest thing to leave from the king all the way down to the last person.”

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Although it’s pretty evident that Bubba Wallace is succeeding with his new team by seeing his performance in each race.

Wallace concluded by saying, “That’s the culture that I tried to bring to 23XI and it’s forming great. We’re still working on everything, but they’re starting to see like, “okay, this is how bubba operates.”