Austin Cindric Wins Daytona 500 to Celebrate Penske’s 85th Birthday
Austin Cindric drove his brand new NASCAR ride to victory in the Daytona 500 on team owner Roger Penske’s 85th birthday.
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Bubba Wallace Becomes Second Black Driver to Win a NASCAR Cup Race with Victory at Talladega
Bubba Wallace was declared the winner when rain stopped the playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway on Monday.
Trump lashes out at NASCAR, Bubba Wallace over flag, rope
President Donald Trump is criticizing NASCAR for banning the Confederate flag at its races and is going after its only Black driver. After a weekend spent stoking division, Trump wrongly accused Bubba Wallace of perpetrating “a hoax” after one of his crew members discovered a rope shaped like a noose in a garage stall. Federal authorities ruled last month that…
Speedway Owner Loses Staff, ‘All but 2’ Sponsors After Post
PINE HALL, N.C. (AP) — The owner of a North Carolina racetrack said he has faced death threats, lost employees and seen “all but two” of his sponsors evaporate amid the backlash over his social media post invoking the noose found in the garage stall of Black NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace. Mike Fulp, who owns the half-mile, dirt track 311…
FBI determines NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace was not the Target of a Hate Crime
Statements from the FBI and NASCAR are as follows: Categories: National Sports Tags: bubba wallace, FBI, GEICO 500, nascar, noose, talladega
FBI: No Charges Planned in Noose Incident at Talladega Superspeedway
The noose found hanging in NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway had been there since at least last October, according to investigators. Federal authorities say no charges are planned. Wallace, a native of Mobile, is the only Black driver at NASCAR’s top level. He successfully pushed the stock car series to ban the Confederate flag at its…
Noose found in NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace’s garage at Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — A noose was found in the garage stall of Black driver Bubba Wallace at the NASCAR race in Alabama on Sunday, less than two weeks after he successfully pushed the stock car racing series to ban the Confederate flag at its tracks and facilities. NASCAR said it had launched an immediate investigation and will do everything…
