NASCAR says noose found in Bubba Wallace's garage stall at Talladega

[UpInArms]

Source: Marketwatch

TALLADEGA, Ala. — 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 auto racing series to ban the Confederate flag at its tracks and facilities.

NASCAR announced the discovery late Sunday and said it had launched an immediate investigation. It said it will do everything possible to find who was responsible and “eliminate them from the sport.”

“We are angry and outraged, and cannot state strongly enough how seriously we take this heinous act,” the series said in a statement. “As we have stated unequivocally, there is no place for racism in NASCAR, and this act only strengthens our resolve to make the sport open and welcoming to all.”

Wallace is the only fulltime Black driver in NASCAR’s elite Cup Series. On Twitter, he said the “the 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.”

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I am so sick of all of these awful people ....

[rusty quoin]

1. It's not surprising though.

[sfstaxprep]

2. Yeah, Sure They Will

I'll believe it when I see them catch the person(s) who are responsible. They could just make someone the patsy.

[B Stieg]

3. Um, this is going to take a while...

a long while. Sigh.

[The Figment]

4. As a longtime NASCAR fan,

My personal take on this...if it turns out that the person who did is a member of another team then the entire team should be suspended for the rest of the year, all driver and owner points taken away, this includes owner,crew chief, drivers, cars and the team number also as well as a $250,000 fine...and the perp should be fired and brought up on charges.

[sfstaxprep]

6. Are You Kidding?

The team should be Expelled from the sport. If you hire someone like that, it is a direct reflection upon yourself.

They should be banned from Nascar forever.

[The Figment]

7. No,just because one team member is an ass

Doesn't mean the whole team is...that is the same thinking that the Trumpers use...one asshole breaks a Starbucks window and everyone is ANTIFA or Black Blok...

Sorry just my opinion.

[padah513]

8. I think you got it about right

The punishment should be so insanely over the top that anyone else wouldn't dream of trying it again, and I agree with you 100%. No lifetime ban on anybody but the perpetrator and then bring hate crime charges. Lots of expensive equipment lying around, not to mention the cars, so they should have cameras. Whether they were on or not is the question.

[The Figment]

10. Considering that it takes $25-40 million to run a "cheap second tier team" for just one season,

And that "bending"the rules are a part of the sport you would think that security would be up there as well.
Hell when a "stock" car cost approximately $3-5 million to develop, build and run...well ya'll would think there would be a camera or two.

[Igel]

16. If it's a member of his team,

same punishment? Because the assumption is that that one person didn't act alone and by doing so victimize not only the one team but also his own, but the entire team bears responsibility for him. It spreads responsibility.

I'd find that even more egregious, but I suspect most people will look at the situation and give him mostly a pass. Perhaps narrow the punishment to just the person who did it and say that the person victimized the team. In any case, people wouldn't want to be spreading the responsibility around to the wrong people.

The asymmetry's immoral.

[maddogesq]

20. The one comfort have is That he drives for Petty.

From what I know of The King, I have every confidence that this will be dealt with quickly and forcefully.

I could be wrong, but I hope not.

[Cha]

5. KR!

[aeromanKC]

9. Security cameras and DNA

Surely NASCAR has security surveillance at their facilities. Lifetime ban and federal hate crimes should result

[ProfessorGAC]

27. No Doubt

With the value of what's in those garages, they MUST have cameras. The cars are worth a million.
Tools & scopes are worth a quarter million.
The car set ups are secrets to the team.
And, they're going to let all that be unsecured by a few $100 cameras?
Doubtful.

[jmowreader]

11. It wouldn't surprise me if it was a race fan

NASCAR sells pit passes at its events. If you have one, you can go to the garage area but not into the stalls. (I have not bought one because they are expensive, but I think next year I will get one for Sonoma.) This was the first race since the pandemic started that had fans in attendance.

Having said that, NASCAR does not play around when it comes to wrongdoing by team members. If it was a crew member or a driver, they will smoke that person out and cause him great pain.

[MichMan]

13. You are incorrect

Last edited Mon Jun 22, 2020, 10:09 AM - Edit history (1)

Fans can buy a pit pass which allows a person on pit road during practice and qualifying, but garage passes are not available for sale.

With NASCAR races being run with no spectators and limited to essential race personnel only, this was not a fan. When they say essential, they really mean it. Even the race and broadcast teams have a limited number of people allowed in compared to usual

This was most likely a crew member or track security

Edit to add that there is always the possibility this was a false flag incident

[pstokely]

21. why are they even allowing fans?

NFL isn't letting teams have remote training camps

[MichMan]

26. This is the first race they are allowing any fans at all

It is limited to 5000 and the track seats 80k in the grandstands.

They are limiting to specific seating areas and ensuring people are separated if not from the same group

There is no infield or general admission

[thesquanderer]

23. Yes, a race fan. The problem is which race he is a fan of. (n/t)

[NurseJackie]

12. When the person is found out, their response will be:

"I was only kidding. It's a joke. I didn't mean it. Can't you take a joke?"

Heaven help us all.

[onetexan]

14. Easy answer: Lock his joking ass in the slammer.

[riversedge]

15. That guilty person will be doing a Trump. yup!

[llashram]

17. he and his family

better be careful. The Knightriders are saddling up their horses nationwide. David Duke, Bannon, Trump and the rest of his "very fine people" crew are just getting started, again.

[Paladin]

18. NASCAR investigators have it narrowed down...

...to the most likely 10,000 suspects.

[Traildogbob]

19. Massive displays

Of confederate flags outside the track, and a Flyover plane with a Confederate flag banner. The noose is what the flag is about, the noose is also the “heritage” of that flag. Period. Lots of suspects as you said. All white!

[MichMan]

22. Latest update is that NASCAR found it and Bubba did not see it. FBI is investigating

[RandiFan1290]

30. Racist cowardly little punks like to hide who they are

and creep around in the shadows.

Fucking losers

[still_one]

24. They want the Confederate flag because of heritage. Yeah. A racist, bigoted heritage

[matt819]

25. Bubba Wallace

remains gracious even after this.

I saw an interview with him talking about the issue of banning the confederate flag. He spoke very highly of NASCAR leadership and the discussions they had on the issue. And it would seem that they were sincere, given their reaction to this incident. And yet Wallace, at least publicly, remains above the fray. After all, I suppose, he knows who these people are - racists and white supremacists to their core. All he wants to do is drive and make things in his world a little better, more humane, more decent.

All of that said, I do hope he puts up video cameras.

[onetexan]

29. Do they not already have cameras at these facilities? I'd be surprised given these vehicles &

equipment supporting them are so expensive. Bubba Wallace is a class act. I hope going forward that Nascar and Richard Petty's company will be providing him protection.

[Kali]

28. some dumbass self-owns and proves the flag isn't about "heritage"

[RhodeIslandOne]

31. Twitter is already full of "Jessie Smolett" claims

They really do not like this kid.