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NASCAR Drivers Rally Around Bubba Wallace After Noose Found in His Garage

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NASCAR drivers and crew members sent a powerful message to the world on Monday: «We stand with Bubba Wallace.» The show of solidarity came a day after NASCAR announced that a noose was discovered inside Wallace's garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway.A massive crowd pushed and followed Wallace's No.

43 car as he sat in the driver's seat during pre-race activities.Wallace, NASCAR's only full-time black driver, then exited the car and embraced Hall of Fame driver Richard Petty, who owns the team Wallace races for and had not attended a race during the coronavirus pandemic.We are one family.

One NASCAR. pic.twitter.com/Y1IRI5qpRe«The drivers feel very strongly that they want to show their support of Bubba,» NASCAR president Steve Phelps.

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