NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace On Confederate Flag Ban: 'A Long Time Coming'
NPRNASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace On Confederate Flag Ban: 'A Long Time Coming' Enlarge this image toggle caption Steve Helber/AP Steve Helber/AP Bubba Wallace has yet to win a race in NASCAR's premier Cup series, but he's been thrust into the spotlight as the lone African American driver in a sport steeped in white Southern heritage. LeBron James and New Orleans Saints player Alvin Kamara gave online shout outs and retired NFL safety Bernard Pollard Jr. pledged to watch Wallace for the rest of the year. Banning the Confederate flag was a "small step," Wallace says, but it means people "that felt uncomfortable can come back now and enjoy their time at a race." Sponsor Message Wallace hopes the attention NASCAR is getting "may open the doors for new people to want to be a part of our sport now.. We will learn and figure out ways to build off this to get a more diverse background on the racetrack and on the part of pit crews, even more there.
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