By forcing Nascar's Confederate flag ban, Bubba Wallace is saving a sport from itself
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By convincing his sport to prohibit all displays of the rebel standard at its racetracks and properties, Nascar’s lone black driver is hauling a retrograde organization into the 21st century
Not long before the green flag dropped on Nascar’s momentous nighttime Cup feature at Martinsville, Bubba Wallace stood tall on the track in an “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirt, his face shrouded in an American flag mask and his Chevy Camaro machine bathed in matte black paint with the phrase “Black Lives Matter” writ large all over. When FS1 pit reporter Regan Smith sidled over to solicit his opinion on Nascar’s sudden decision to ban displays of the Confederate flag at all future events, he began with a sarcastic golf clap. “Bravo,” the Richard Petty Motorsports driver said. “That was a huge pivotal moment for the sport.”
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