A noose was found in NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace's garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway
"Today's 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. Over the last several weeks, I have been overwhelmed by the support from people across the NASCAR industry including other drivers and team members in the garage.
There were some protesters flying Confederate flags outside the central Alabama race track Sunday, however, and a plane was seen flying with a banner of the flag along with the text"Defund NASCAR." Wallace joined several other star drivers — including Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, and Joey Logano — to
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