NASCAR rallies around Bubba Wallace following noose incident, drivers push car to front of pack

NASCAR drivers, pit crew members et al. walked alongside Bubba Wallace and escorted his Number 43 car during a show of support at the Talladega Superspeedway on Monday a day after a noose was found in his garage.

In a video tweeted by NASCAR Executive vice-chairman Steve O'Donnell, Wallace's car is being followed and pushed down pit row by an outsized procession of individuals . Wallace, wearing an American flag mask, was emotional while hugging drivers and supporters, including NASCAR legend Richard Petty.

Wallace also tweeted a selfie with the gang of supporters behind him with the word "Together."
Ryan Blaney ultimately won the Geico 500 NASCAR race during an exciting finish Monday. Wallace finished in 14th place. After the race, a smiling Wallace visited greet a gaggle of fans, several of whom were wearing Black Lives Matter shirts.
"This is perhaps the foremost badass moment right here," he said to FOX Sports. "This sport is changing. The deal that happened yesterday ... I wanted to means whoever it had been that you simply simply aren't getting to deduct my smile. I'm getting to keep it up going.

"Altogether, we won today. The pre-race deal was probably one among the toughest things I've ever had to witness in my life. ... this is often often truly incredible, which i'm proud to be a neighborhood of this sport," Wallace said.
The discovery of the noose Sunday afternoon in Wallace's garage stall comes because we, and NASCAR especially, more squarely address America's systemic racism within the wake of the police killing of George Floyd.
Wallace, the sole Black driver in NASCAR's top circuit, has been an outspoken advocate of the Black Lives Matter movement and thus the corresponding protests against racism and police brutality. He wore an "I Can't Breathe" shirt before one event, repainted his car with the "Black Lives Matter" phrase, and pushed NASCAR to ban the celebs and Bars.

NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard "The King" Petty, right, talks with Bubba Wallace before the NASCAR Cup Series GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Monday.
NASCAR said it's investigating the noose, and federal investigators said they are going to review the incident also.

"We are angry and outraged, and can't state strongly enough how seriously we take this heinous act," NASCAR's statement read. "We have launched a moment investigation, and should do everything we'll to spot the person(s) responsibly and eliminate them from the game ."
The racing organization said there's no place for racism in NASCAR which the incident "only strengthens our resolve to form the game open and welcoming to all or any or any or any ."
Also, the US Attorney's office for the Northern District of Alabama, FBI, and thus the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division is reviewing the incident, US Attorney Jay E. Town said during a press release .
"Regardless of whether federal charges are often brought, this sort of action has no place in our society," Town said.
NASCAR President Steve Phelps said a crewman discovered the noose then informed NASCAR, and slightly group of senior leaders then got together to make an idea . Phelps said he was the one who informed Wallace about its discovery.
A source with Richard Petty Motorsports told CNN that Wallace never saw the noose.

Wallace tweeted Sunday that the "despicable act" left him "incredibly saddened and perhaps a painful reminder of what proportion further we've to travel as a society and thus the way persistent we must be within the fight against racism."
"This won't break me, ready to | I'll"> i will be able to be able to not concede nor will I backtrack. ready to | I'll"> i will be able to be able to still proudly represent what I feel in," Wallace said.
NASCAR told CNN the garage area where the noose was found is restricted to essential personnel, which incorporates race teams, NASCAR officials, security, and health and safety personnel.
Monday's race goes to be the primary time NASCAR fans are allowed to return to the track since the coronavirus pandemic. Sunday, a plane with a Stars and Bars, and thus the phrase "Defund NASCAR" was seen flying over the track, and Confederate memorabilia was also being sold across the road.