NASCAR officials say they will do everything possible to find who was responsible and eliminate them from the sport.
Bubba Wallace wears a Black Lives Matter T-shirt prior to a race in Martinsville, Virginia on 10 JuneA noose has been found in the garage stall of NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace, the sport's only full-time African-American driver.
NASCAR officials say they have launched an investigation into the noose, found in Wallace's stall at the Talladega circuit in Alabama, where a race was to be held on Sunday before being postponed due to storms. In a statement on Twitter, Wallace said:"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."
He added:"As my mother told me today, they are just trying to scare you. This will not break me, I will not give in nor will I back down. I will continue to proudly stand for what I believe in."
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