Click here to view related media.click to expand(CBS13/CNN) -- The only African American driver in NASCAR, Bubba Wallace, said he believes Kyle Larson's apology for using the N-word during a virtual racing event Sunday was sincere and that Larson deserves a second chance."What Larson sai...
In early 2018, Bubba Wallace became the first African-American to race in the Daytona 500 since Wendell Scott in 1969. At the same time, he became the first full-time African-American driver in the top NASCAR series since 1971. His second-place finish at Daytona was the highest finish eve...
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Driver Darrell "Bubba" Wallace made NASCAR history when he won at the Martinsville Speedway last October. The 20-year-old became the first African-American driver to win a NASCAR race in 50 years - since Wendell Scott's checkered flag in 1963. Wallace told CBS News' Mark Strassmann he cros...
Nascar has now banned all confederate flags just two days after Darrell "Bubba" Wallace (NASCAR’s only full-time African-American driver) called for the sport to ban them.NASCAR announced the banning of the flag at racetracks, citing its reasons why in the following statement: ...
NASCAR driverBubba Wallacehas taken a stance and said neither he nor NASCAR is backing down in their support of racial equality and the elimination of police brutality.Bubba Wallaceis the only top African-American full-time driver for the Elite C...
Wallace and Dillon openly discussed the issue in a nearly30-minute video chatlast week as Wallace relayed some of his experiences as the lone African-American driver in NASCAR’s top series. Sunday, as the field made its final pace lap before the initial green flag, Wallace told ...
Named after Hall of Famer Wendell Scott, who became the first African-American to win a NASCAR Cup Series event in 1963, the award is presented to a driver based on their on-track performance in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series along with other qualities lik...
Bill Lester has been a huge player in NASCAR’s story as the fourth African American driver to ever compete in the top level of the sport and one of only seven to date. Wanting to come back to the track after 14 years, Lester’s team reached out, and keeping true to their slogan, ...
Wallace, the association’s first full-time African American driver on the NASCAR Cup Series top circuit in nearly 50 years, sported aBlack Lives MatterT-shirt before Sunday’s crowd-less race in Atlanta. “No one should feel uncomfortable when they come to a NASCAR race,” hetold CNNearlie...