NASCAR race begins after show
of support for Bubba Wallace
Associated Press,
by
John Zenor
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
6/22/2020 4:25:11 PM
Talladega, Ala.—In an extraordinary act of solidarity with NASCAR’s only Black driver, dozens of drivers pushed the car belonging to Bubba Wallace to the front of the field before Monday’s race as FBI agents nearby tried to find out who left a noose in his garage stall over the weekend.(Snip) The 26-year-old Wallace was surrounded by all 39 other drivers in the moments before the race and they were joined by their crews in a march down pit road as they pushed his No. 43 to the front of the line. Wallace climbed out of his car and wept. It was a stirring move
Reply 1 - Posted by:
doublesharp 6/22/2020 4:33:19 PM (No. 453189)
I'll bet Bubba knows more than he's telling about the noose
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Nashman 6/22/2020 4:34:12 PM (No. 453190)
RIP Nascar.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
PlayItAgain 6/22/2020 4:35:05 PM (No. 453191)
Support Bubba, or else.
A sad day.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
excalgalcg 6/22/2020 4:35:11 PM (No. 453192)
How do they know if the noose was put in by a white person? I wouldn’t put it past someone to cause trouble.Cynic, that I am!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
mc squared 6/22/2020 4:37:08 PM (No. 453196)
Most of these symbols are found to be placed there by the complaining person. Wait until he gets bumped on the track by a white guy. But I'm just sayin'.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
DVC 6/22/2020 4:37:37 PM (No. 453197)
The Jessie Smollett approach to "race relations"....working for this driver so far. I don't think he'll last long in this sport.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Italiano 6/22/2020 4:55:19 PM (No. 453216)
Bubba Kaepernick
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 6/22/2020 4:57:36 PM (No. 453220)
When he pulls in for a pit stop all of the non-black drivers have to follow him in and change his tires -as well as shine them.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
earlybird 6/22/2020 5:02:28 PM (No. 453228)
Bleah.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
RU4us 6/22/2020 5:44:16 PM (No. 453250)
Develop a taste for Big Wave Surfing. So far, none of the Surfers of Color are of the "victimized" persuasion. Furthermore, the Women are paid the same as the men. Uniforms are also much better than NASCAR, Soccer, Football etc.
Back flips on top of a killer wave.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imTg0nrTCOA
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
dwa 6/22/2020 5:49:02 PM (No. 453253)
Why hold the race at all. Obviously Bubba should be awarded the win without racing because he is black.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Boni 6/22/2020 6:25:08 PM (No. 453282)
This was a set-up. They had to have the noose-incident first to set up the unity show today. I think their PR department put up the noose. They think we are stupid - and if we don't all fall all over ourselves to attend a Nascar race, then we are racists. Time to return to the old dirt tracks hidden in the pines for a night of racing beer and good times. Get the corporations out of racing. In fact, get them out of everything. They have too much power over our way of life.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Newtsche 6/22/2020 6:26:08 PM (No. 453284)
Hobson's Choice for NASCAR folks.
Say nothing, even as you wait for the facts, you'll be singled out and DQ'd as a human being.
Slather on the platitudes with the broadest brush, DQ yourself.
I've watched some of the coverage this afternoon, insufferable and embarrassing.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
NancyD 6/22/2020 6:34:18 PM (No. 453290)
I am a NASCAR fan I have been watching since I was a little girl with my dad. I've been thinking about this noose and how could it be placed there without camera footage available? It was found in his garage with MILLIONS of dollars worth of cars/equipment, so they MUST have cameras. There has to be interior and exterior cameras everywhere....
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
singermom9 6/22/2020 6:42:43 PM (No. 453291)
I'm suprised they did not kneel, grovel prostate and kiss his shoes. Just like Foot ball. The whites will take so much time groveling, kneelin and kissing feet I'm suprised they will have any time left to play a game.
I keep hearing celebs saying how they are taking responsibility. These rioters and looters don't want your words. They want your STUFF. Money, houses, boats etc. Until the celebs start giving away their stuff to apease them I won't buy their words.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
bad-hair 6/22/2020 6:48:04 PM (No. 453294)
Never much of a Nascar fan despite being down south Go Fast, Turn Left, Go Fast, Turn Left is only slightly more interesting than California drag racing (Go Fast, Stop)
Looked around a bit and it seems Bubba has nothing at all in the WINS column save for a few minor league TRUCK races. Seems to end up in the top ten occasionally, probably after a couple of major crashes took a lot of people out.
Opinion, he's really not very good so it's affirmative action redux with help from the media.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Safari Man 6/22/2020 6:54:09 PM (No. 453299)
#14 is correct. I have 8 cameras on my house. They cost $20 each and are fun to see the bears and foxes walk by. You’re telling me that area is NOT covered by cameras six ways to Sunday? I’ve seen mud huts with cameras.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
justavoter 6/22/2020 7:30:06 PM (No. 453328)
Affirmative action alive and well.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
DaBigGuy 6/22/2020 7:32:12 PM (No. 453329)
So NASCAR is into symbolic affirmative action, pushing someone to the front of the line without their earning it. NASCAR is foolish to be staging this sham.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
chumley 6/22/2020 8:51:54 PM (No. 453373)
Just like that girl driver, he is just there to raise interest in a sport that is not interesting. Haven't watched it for many years and haven't missed it.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
YorkieMom 6/22/2020 9:38:59 PM (No. 453433)
I want to see video of this noose. Only crickets so far.
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Ya know, I might have slightly believe it but because Bubba started the stuff against the Confederate flag, I don't. Another Smollett mullet. Agreed, where are the cameras?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
DVC 6/23/2020 1:46:40 AM (No. 453535)
ALL the "racist incidents" that I know of were eventually found to be the black person doing it themselves.
They can't actually find any white folks to hate on them, so they fake it.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
doublesharp 6/23/2020 10:02:05 AM (No. 453859)
My best Paul Harvey keyboard voice:
And now the rest of the story
The noose was a loop in the garage door rope. Makes it easy to grip when you are lowering the door. The white drivers garage had them too. A total non story.
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Utterly shameless, but highly symbolic: the white men pushed the bLACK man's car to the head of the line. Super insulting and offensive, but hey. Still, unless the crackers pushed while kneeling and then shined Bubba's shoes, Chick-Fil-A style, the gesture rings about as true as the noose his team planted in the highly secure area.