After a weekend spent stoking division, President Donald Trump on Monday went after NASCAR’s only Black driver and criticized its decision to ban the Confederate flag at its races and venues.
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Also Read: Black NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace on Confederate Flag Ban: 'There's No Good That Comes With That Flag' (Video)Wallace tweeted this following statement on Sunday: “Today’s despicable act of racism and hatred leaves me incredibly saddened and serves as a painful reminder of how much further we have to go as a society and how persistent we must be in the fight against racism.
Over the last several weeks, I have been overwhelmed by the support from people across the NASCAR industry
.After a weekend spent stoking division, President Donald Trump on Monday went after NASCAR’s only Black driver and criticized its decision to ban the Confederate flag at its races and venues.
If you don’t remember, a noose was found in NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace‘s garage a few weeks ago, and now, weeks later, Donald Trump is tweeting about it.
Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorNASCAR President Steve Phelps held a press conference on Thursday to detail the findings of an internal investigation into the noose found in the garage stall of No. 43 driver Bubba Wallace at Talladega Superspeedway last weekend.
Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerNASCAR driver Bubba Wallace said he is relieved by the FBI’s conclusion that there was no noose placed specifically in his Talladega garage. But he’s still questioning that report.Wallace appeared on several media outlets on Wednesday, including tonight’s Trevor Noah Daily Social Distancing Show.
NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace spoke to Don Lemon Tuesday after the FBI confirmed the noose discovered in his garage at the Talladega Superspeedway over the weekend could have been there since October 2019.
Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorNASCAR driver Bubba Wallace said in an interview with CNN’s Don Lemon that he had never seen the noose alleged to have been hung in his garage.While the FBI concluded earlier in the day that the alleged noose was simply a door pull tied by a previous occupant, Watson indicated that his team has photos that proved otherwise.
Well, here’s some good news: apparently NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace wasn’t the target of a hate crime after all!
noose was found in the garage stall of NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace on Sunday afternoon. The FBI determined the noose had been in the stall since 2019.«The investigation also revealed evidence, including authentic video confirmed by NASCAR, that the noose found in garage number 4 was in that garage as early as October 2019,» U.S.
An investigation into a noose found hanging in Black NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace’s garage at the Talladega Superspeedway has determined that no crime was committed.
Also Read: NASCAR and Alabama DA to Investigate Noose Found in Bubba Wallace's Garage at TalladegaNASCAR will hold a call with the media at 3 p.m. PT.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNascar racer Bubba Wallace was not the target of a hate crime, the FBI has determined after an investigation of the placement of what appeared to be a noose in his garage at Alabama’s Talladega Superspeedway.“The FBI report concludes, and photographic evidence confirms, that the garage door pull rope fashioned like a noose had been positioned there since as early as last fall.
Bubba Wallace is “not shocked” that some people online doubt the truth about finding a noose hanging in his garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.
Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticNASCAR driver Bubba Wallace says he’s offended “but not shocked” that internet conspiracy mongers are expressing doubt about the noose that was found hanging in his garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway Sunday.Appearing on ABC’s The View today, Wallace, NASCAR’s only black driver, was asked by co-host Sunny Hostin about the internet theories that the noose incident was “a hoax” or “staged by NASCAR to garner more support for the removal of the
A noose was found in the garage stall of Black driver Bubba Wallace at the NASCAR race in Alabama on Sunday, less than two weeks after he successfully pushed the stock car racing series to ban the Confederate flag at its tracks and facilities.
Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThirty-nine NASCAR drivers and their crews pushed Bubba Wallace’s car to the front of Talladega Superspeedway’s field before a race today in a show of support for the circuit’s only black driver one day after a noose was discovered hanging in his garage stall.In a video posted on NASCAR’s YouTube page, a narrator calls racing “the great equalizer” and says, “No one is white, black, brown or yellow.