Instant Replay: NASCAR Drivers Push Bubba Wallace To Start Line
Jun 23, 2020, 1:31 PM
Bubba Wallace, driver of the #43 World Wide Technology Chevrolet, stands on the grid prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on June 14, 2020 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
(Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – After a noose was found hanging in the garage of NASCAR racer Bubba Wallace’s garage, fellow drivers pushed his car to the starting line as a show of support before the race at Talladega.
Wallace was a driving force behind getting NASCAR to ban use of the Confederate Flag. He is NASCAR’s only full-time Black driver.
The FBI is investigating the incident.
NASCAR shared an emotional video with a message of "family" around Bubba Wallace.
(via @NASCAR)pic.twitter.com/9haTanZWJe
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 22, 2020
Wallace was visibly emotional during the show of solidarity from fellow drivers.
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