NASCAR Driver Kyle Larson Signs With Hendrick Motorsports After Being Suspended For Using N-Word

NASCAR Driver Kyle Larson Signs With Hendrick Motorsports After Being Suspended For Using N-Word

NASCAR driver Kyle Larson, who was let go earlier this year following his use of the N-word during a virtual race, has signed with a new team, TMZ reported. Back in April, as TMZ reported at the time, NASCAR had suspended races due to the coronavirus pandemic, just as the severity of the problem was […]

NASCAR Driver Kyle Larson Reinstated After Being Suspended Indefinitely For Using Racial Slur

NASCAR Driver Kyle Larson Reinstated After Being Suspended Indefinitely For Using Racial Slur

Kyle Larson has been officially reinstated by NASCAR after using a racial slur in a virtual race on Twitch in April. The driver was fired by the Chip Ganassi Racing team and also lost all his sponsors, according to a report from TMZ. Larson was heard by thousands of people that were streaming the event […]

Mike Wallace Suspended Indefinitely By NASCAR For Offensive Social Media Posts

Mike Wallace Suspended Indefinitely By NASCAR For Offensive Social Media Posts

Mike Wallace was suspended by NASCAR for an indefinite period for what the organization said was a violation of the member conduct guidelines with a social media post, Gary Gastelu of Fox News wrote on Friday. Wallace had returned to racing earlier this year after stepping away from the sport in 2015. Officials did not […]

Bubba Wallace Slams Donald Trump For Being ‘Wrong On The Factual Information’ About Noose ‘Hoax’

Bubba Wallace Slams Donald Trump For Being ‘Wrong On The Factual Information’ About Noose ‘Hoax’

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace slammed President Donald Trump on Tuesday night for calling an incident in which a noose was found in his garage a “hoax,” saying that the POTUS was “wrong on the factual information.” As Yahoo Entertainment reported, Wallace appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, along with comedian Anthony Anderson, to address the noose […]

Bubba Wallace Responds To Donald Trump’s Controversial Claim About Noose Hoax: ‘Love Over Hate Every Day’

Bubba Wallace Responds To Donald Trump’s Controversial Claim About Noose Hoax: ‘Love Over Hate Every Day’

Bubba Wallace is responding to Donald Trump’s unproven claim that he was part of a “hoax” after a noose-shaped rope was found in his NASCAR garage, calling on people to choose love over hate — even when that hate is coming from the president of the United States. On Monday, Trump took to Twitter to […]

Donald Trump’s Attack On Bubba Wallace, Confederate Flag Defense Is Attempt To Ramp Up Racism, Columnist Says

Donald Trump’s Attack On Bubba Wallace, Confederate Flag Defense Is Attempt To Ramp Up Racism, Columnist Says

Donald Trump’s false claim that NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace perpetuated a “hoax” with a noose-shaped garage pull found in his garage — along with his defense of the Confederate flag — is an attempt to “ramp up” his racism ahead of the presidential election, a political columnist said. On Monday, Trump took to Twitter to […]

President Trump Calls Bubba Wallace Noose Incident A ‘Hoax’, Solicits Apology

President Trump Calls Bubba Wallace Noose Incident A ‘Hoax’, Solicits Apology

President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday to claim that the incident in which a noose was found in Bubba Wallace’s NASCAR garage was a “hoax,” ESPN reported. Back on June 21, a crew member found a rope that had purportedly been tied into the shape of a noose in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall […]

NASCAR Driver Corey LaJoie Will Race With ‘Trump 2020’ On Hood, Sides Of His Car

NASCAR Driver Corey LaJoie Will Race With ‘Trump 2020’ On Hood, Sides Of His Car

NASCAR driver Corey LaJoie is set to debut a “Trump 2020” design painted on the hood of his car. The design will be featured on LaJoie’s car during this Sunday’s race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, according to People. LaJoie’s new design is part of a partnership that his team, Go FAS Racing, has with […]

NASCAR Releases Photo Of Rope Discovered In Bubba Wallace’s Garage

NASCAR Releases Photo Of Rope Discovered In Bubba Wallace’s Garage

After announcing that the FBI concluded the rope found in race car driver Bubba Wallace’s garage was not linked to a hate crime, NASCAR has released an image of the cable — a reported garage pull that was initially believed to represent a noose. Photo of the garage pull rope tied like a noose from […]

NASCAR Releases Statement Saying Bubba Wallace ‘Was Not The Target Of A Hate Crime’

NASCAR Releases Statement Saying Bubba Wallace ‘Was Not The Target Of A Hate Crime’

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing released a statement on Tuesday, informing fans that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had completed their investigation into the alleged racial incident involving racecar driver Bubba Wallace. According to the FBI, the driver wasn’t the target of a racist event, rather the rope found in his garage […]

NASCAR Drivers Walk With Bubba Wallace, Stand With Him During National Anthem After Noose Found In His Stall

NASCAR Drivers Walk With Bubba Wallace, Stand With Him During National Anthem After Noose Found In His Stall

Bubba Wallace’s NASCAR colleagues paid tribute to their fellow competitor on Monday, a day after a noose was found in his garage stall, Yahoo Sports reported. On Sunday, as previously reported by The Inquisitr, before NASCAR’s race at Alabama’s Talladega Superspeedway — a race which was postponed until Monday due to rain — a member […]

Jussie Smollett Trends On Twitter After NASCAR Says A Noose Was Found In Bubba Wallace’s Garage

Jussie Smollett Trends On Twitter After NASCAR Says A Noose Was Found In Bubba Wallace’s Garage

Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett is in the news once again, this time alongside NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace. NASCAR confirmed that Wallace’s crew found a noose in the driver’s garage on Sunday, and right-wingers have been promoting the assertion that the driver put it in place himself, as The Inquisitr previously reported. Wallace, who is […]

Justice Department Will Investigate Noose Allegedly Found In NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace’s Garage Stall

Justice Department Will Investigate Noose Allegedly Found In NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace’s Garage Stall

The Department of Justice announced on Monday that it will launch an investigation into a noose allegedly hung in NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace’s garage stall, CNN reported. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, on Sunday, before NASCAR’s race at Alabama’s Talladega Speedway (a race which was postponed until Monday due to rain), a member of […]

Bubba Wallace Responds After Noose Is Found In His Garage, Says He ‘Will Not Be Deterred’

Bubba Wallace Responds After Noose Is Found In His Garage, Says He ‘Will Not Be Deterred’

After a noose was discovered in his garage on Sunday, NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace has released a statement calling the act racist. In a post on Twitter, Wallace said that the noose was a reminder of how far the country still had to go in dealing with race. “Today’s despicable act of racism and hatred […]

Online Trolls Attack NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace After Noose Found In His Garage Stall, Claiming It’s A Hoax

Online Trolls Attack NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace After Noose Found In His Garage Stall, Claiming It’s A Hoax

Online trolls are targeting Bubba Wallace after a noose was found in his NASCAR stall, claiming the incident could be a hoax and comparing him to actor Jussie Smollet. NASCAR said it is launching an investigation after the noose was found on Sunday in the stall for Wallace, the sport’s only full-time black driver who […]

Donald Trump Lost Two Key Allies In Anti-Kneeling Crusade, Analyst Says

Donald Trump Lost Two Key Allies In Anti-Kneeling Crusade, Analyst Says

U.S. President Donald Trump long had the NFL and NASCAR standing behind him when it came to the president’s anti-kneeling campaign. Both of those organizations abandoned him in the span of a couple of weeks, Politico‘s Meridith McGraw wrote in an article on Sunday. On the heels of George Floyd’s death and Black Lives Matter […]

Kyle Weatherman, NASCAR Xfinity Series Driver, Debuts Blue Lives Matter-Themed Car

Kyle Weatherman, NASCAR Xfinity Series Driver, Debuts Blue Lives Matter-Themed Car

NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Kyle Weatherman raced in a completely redesigned “Blue Lives Matter”-themed car on Saturday, Yahoo Sports reported. The Xfinity Series is the NASCAR equivalent to other sports’ minor leagues. That is to say, it’s something of a “proving ground” for racers who are trying to make it to the sport’s top tier. […]

Ray Ciccarelli: Who Is NASCAR Driver Quitting Over Confederate Flag Ban?

Ray Ciccarelli: Who Is NASCAR Driver Quitting Over Confederate Flag Ban?

Following NASCAR’s announcement on Wednesday that it would be banning the Confederate flag from all of its events and properties, driver Ray Ciccarelli announced that he will be leaving the company at the end of the 2020 season, per CBS Sports. In a lengthy Facebook post on his now-deactivated account, Ciccarelli voiced his opposition to […]

NASCAR Bans Confederate Flag From All Events & Properties

NASCAR Bans Confederate Flag From All Events & Properties

NASCAR has banned the Confederate flag at all events and properties. The racing organization announced the decision on Twitter. “The presence of the confederate flag at NASCAR events runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all fans, our competitors and our industry,” the company said in a statement. “Bringing […]

Bubba Wallace Calls On NASCAR To Ban Confederate Flag From Its Races In Wake Of George Floyd’s Death

Bubba Wallace Calls On NASCAR To Ban Confederate Flag From Its Races In Wake Of George Floyd’s Death

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace is calling on his sport’s authority to ban the Confederate flag at all of its events in the wake of George Floyd’s death, Yahoo Sports reported. Floyd, an unarmed African American man, died in police custody two weeks ago after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was caught on video pressing his […]

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