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A “noose” found in the garage of the only full-time African-American driver in NASCAR had been there since 2019 and was not planted as part of a hate crime, the FBI announced on Tuesday. Bubba Wallace, the driver, was informed of the purported noose by NASCAR after a member of his pit crew found it …
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NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace was not the victim of a hate crime, according to the FBI. The circuit’s only full-time black driver was not the target of racism. The noose found in the garage stall assigned to him at Sunday’s Talladega Superspeedway had been there since at least October 2019. The entire ordeal was merely …
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TALLADEGA, Ala. — Ryan Blaney held onto the lead after a restart with two laps to go Monday, earning his second straight win at Talladega Superspeedway on a day that began with NASCAR drivers throwing their support behind Bubba Wallace and him address fans afterward. The racing was overshadowed by an extraordinary act of solidarity …
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NASCAR rallied around driver Bubba Wallace, literally, on Monday. A day after a noose was discovered hanging in his stall at Talladega Superspeedway ahead of the Geico 500, drivers showed their solidarity by pushing Wallace’s No. 43 Chevrolet to the front of the field. It was an emotional display that involved team members walking behind …
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The racist incident that hit NASCAR on Sunday drew a lot of reactions. Marty Smith, who has covered the sport for ESPN since 2006, offered an emotional one following NASCAR’s announcement that a noose was found in Bubba Wallace Jr.’s garage at Talladega Superspeedway, calling the incident “despicable crap.” “He stood up for something he …
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Ray Ciccarelli, the NASCAR driver who threatened to quit after the sport banned the Confederate flag, tried to set the record straight about his controversial post on Facebook, saying he believes his thoughts were misconstrued but doesn’t regret what he said. Ciccarelli took part in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series this weekend, …
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Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman wants to take a swing at the NASCAR driver who uttered a racial slur during a live broadcast of a virtual race. NASCAR’s Kyle Larson on Sunday apparently thought his audio had cut out when he used the N-word on the popular Twitch video-game streaming app during the sport’s iRacing series, …
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Singer @RitaWilson performs the national anthem before today's #ProInvitationalSeries race at Bristol. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/QT9hdMGwcJ — FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) April 5, 2020 Rita Wilson is back in action. On Sunday, the 63-year-old wife of Tom Hanks performed the National Anthem ahead of NASCAR’s virtual iRacing Pro Invitational Series Race — her first since recovering from coronavirus …
A “noose” found in the garage of the only full-time African-American driver in NASCAR had been there since 2019 and was not planted as part of a hate crime, the FBI announced on Tuesday. Bubba Wallace, the driver, was informed of the purported noose by NASCAR after a member of his pit crew found it …
