northASCAR driver Bubba Wallace was booed during a recent race and some of the crowd reportedly cheered when his car collided.
Wallace, the only full-time black NASCAR driver, received some hostility during Wednesday’s tie in Bristol, Tennessee. The race was the first with a sizable number of fans since NASCAR’s decision to ban the Confederate flag from events. Jenna deep fryer Associated Press He wrote on Twitter that driver number 43 was booed by fans.
Bubba Wallace was also booed when he was introduced, and many cheered when he crashed. NASCAR still has a lot of work to do to back up its position. The Justice 4 Diversity group had signs along Speedway Blvd. after the race, “said Fryer.
Wallace managed to get out of the shipwreck without major injuries.
An aircraft drops a Confederate battle flag over Bristol Motor Speedway ahead of the NASCAR All-Star Auto Race in Bristol, Tennessee on Wednesday.
(Mark Humphrey / AP)
He also noted that Confederate flags were still visible around the area despite NASCAR’s ban.
“FWIW, in addition to the Confederate flag flying over Bristol, there was another hanging from a condo balcony in front of the main entrance, as well as others along Speedway Blvd. I spoke to fan @ Matt2Harrison and he said he said many flags on T-shirts and other items on the stands, “said Fryer.
Bubba Wallace was also booed when introduced, and many cheered when it crashed. NASCAR still has a lot of work to do to back up its position. The Justice 4 Diversity group had signs along Speedway Blvd. after the race.
– Jenna Fryer (@JennaFryer) July 16, 2020
In June, following the death of George Floyd and subsequent protests, Wallace announced that he supported the removal of the Confederate flag from NASCAR, and the next day, NASCAR announced that it would ban the Confederate symbol from all events.
Wallace also made headlines when a rope-shaped rope was found in the garage assigned to him at the Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. An FBI investigation concluded that Wallace was not the target of a hate crime.
Wallace recently discarded the notion that all NASCAR fans are racist.
“We always want to pay attention to the negative, but the narrative that’s been there now says that all NASCAR fans are racist and so forth, and that’s not entirely true,” Wallace said. Desus and Grouper in an interview that aired on Thursday. “I sank … into the infield at Talladega, wherever I am, in Daytona, Texas, Michigan, and I never knew if people were flying the Confederate flag. We were going out there for beer, a good time, and hanging out. It’s not that they don’t want you there. “
