A noose was found in the stall of a Black NASCAR driver — just hours after Confederate flags flew over the track at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama
Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports
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NASCAR announced Sunday that it had found a noose in the garage stall of one of its drivers competing at the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega County, Alabama.
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The stall belonged to Bubba Wallace, the only Black driver currently competing in NASCAR’s Cup Series.
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NASCAR condemned the “heinous act” in a statement on Sunday and resolved “to make the sport open and welcoming to all.”
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In his own statement, Wallace said Sunday’s act of hatred “serves as a painful reminder of how much further we have to go as a society.”
NASCAR announced Sunday that a noose had been found in the garage stall of the 43 team at the Talladega Superspeedway.
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