Prior to the Covid-19 hiatus, Bubba showed some speed with a 15th place finish at Daytona and a 6th place finish at Las Vegas.ĭuring the stoppage, Wallace participated in the NASCAR-sanctioned eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series, where he made headlines at the sim racing league’s Bristol event for voluntarily leaving the game early after wrecking on the 11th lap. When the 2020 season started, many fans were speculating that the lack of sponsorship would cause RPM to cease operations before the end of the season. In September it was announced that Almirola and long-time sponsor Smithfield would not return to the 43 in 2018, and in November it was announced that both would move to car #10 at Stewart Haas Racing for the 2019 season. Almirola missed 7 races while recovering, but would return to score a top-5 finish at Talladega, and a pair of 9th place finishes at Kansas and Pheonix. Although he was conscious, Almirola was cut out of his car, placed onto a stretcher and airlifted to the University of Kansas Hospital where he was diagnosed with a compression fracture of his T5 vertebrae. Almirola attempted to avoid the wreck, but instead slammed into Logano.

After Logano’s brake rotor exploded, he collided with Patrick, sending both straight into the wall.

During the Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway on May 13, Almirola was involved in a violent crash along with Joey Logano and Danica Patrick. Almirola started the 2017 season as the sole driver at RPM, and finished an impressive 4th at the 2017 Daytona 500.

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