NASCAR race begins after show of support for Bubba Wallace

[mysteryowl]

Source: StarTribune/AP

TALLADEGA, Ala. — In an extraordinary act of solidarity with NASCAR's only Black driver, dozens of drivers pushed the car belonging to Bubba Wallace to the front of the field before Monday's race as FBI agents nearby tried to find out who left a noose in his garage stall over the weekend.

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The 26-year-old Wallace was surrounded by all 39 other drivers in the moments before the race and they were joined by their crews in a march down pit road as they pushed his No. 43 to the front of the line. Wallace climbed out of his car and wept.

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[wryter2000]

1. Lovely

I hope they find out who hung that noose.

[KS Toronado]

2. I hope they do also, would have been nice if they deliberately let him win that race,

that would send a message to all the confederate flag waving rednecks.

[Wawannabe]

3. 2nd all that you say!

That noose shit needs to STOP!

[former9thward]

10. It wasn't a noose.

It was a garage door pull that had been there for months, if not years.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/06/23/fbi-no-crime-committed-bubba-wallaces-garage-stall-noose-was-there-since-october/

[groundloop]

4. At least some folks associated with NASCAR get it.

Many of the fans, not so much. I can't believe all the bullshit I've been hearing and reading about people being butt-hurt that NASCAR is taking away their 'right' to fly that racist flag.

[dhill926]

5. some of the fans will probably never get it...

but this move by the teams and drivers is a big deal. Change is coming....slowly for sure, but coming...

[Aristus]

6. I wonder how many of those guys are just now discovering how GOOD it feels to love.

And how much better it feels than hating.

It's why I'm a liberal. I tried hate for a while. But I felt so awful all the time.

Liberal is better...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. +1 . . . . nt

[CRK7376]

8. Well done Drivers,

good show of sportsmanship and civility towards Bubba. Glad NASCAR is finally seeing the light and banning Confederate flags.

[MosheFeingold]

9. I believe this turned out to be a mistake

The noose in question was a garage pull down loop. It's on essentially every garage door in the facility.

That's good, I suppose, in that there is no hate actor.

It's bad, in that people are going to stop believing real events.

[mysteryowl]

11. It was not Bubba that found it anyway. It was someone else that made the claim of it being a noose.

The solidarity Bubba experienced was epic!