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May 28, 2022; Concord, North Carolina, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Bubba Wallace (23) during Nascar Cup qualifying at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports
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May 28, 2022; Concord, North Carolina, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Bubba Wallace (23) during Nascar Cup qualifying at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports
Bubba Wallace won his second race ever back at Kansas Speedway last week. He held off his team boss Denny Hamlin for the last few laps and crossed the line to grab the chequered flag. While most loved Wallace’s achievement, during the next race at Bristol, there were some elements in the crowd who reared their ugly heads and decided to stand up and flip him off.
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The race at Bristol was won by Chirs Buescher. But the crowd was more interested to show their hatred towards Bubba Wallace, as they reportedly stood up and then gave him the finger. A NASCAR fan who was at the venue stated, “People standing up to flip Bubba off is so disheartening.“
Fans were outraged at the way some individuals preferred to spread hate against Wallace on a number of occasions and decided to speak up and condemn the actions of those individuals.
Fans react to the Bristol crowd giving Bubba Wallace the finger
Fans were not happy at the way certain elements decided to behave amongst the crowd and took to Twitter to showcase their displeasure while defending the 23XI Racing’s driver.
Fans stated how these bad apples were only boosting NASCAR’s bad image and further proving stereotypes right. Fans also spoke about how this was different from when other drivers such as Kyle Busch face similar criticism. Another person said how it was sad that certain people just could not help in the evolution of NASCAR’s perception.
Helping enhance the NASCAR stereotypes that NASCAR swears aren't real.
— Chris Green (@ChrisGreenPics) September 18, 2022
The booing I've heard at other tracks but the flipping him off..that is too much.
— Rochelle Boykin (@RoBoykin) September 17, 2022
There are big differences between the reasons for the vitriol toward Bubba and toward the other 2. No need to play up to blatant racism.
— Michael B (@flash3917) September 17, 2022
It is I want NASCArfans to evolve so we don’t have be ashamed we are NASCAR fans… sad these people can’t
— Mich S Vaccinated! 🇺🇸 country over self. (@racecardogs) September 18, 2022
People hate to see others succeed especially if they were ignorantly taught to believe that certain people were supposed to be inferior to them…
— David A. Lawrence (@DALawrenceJr) September 18, 2022
It really makes it hard to love NASCAR when there's these assholes doing shit like that. They aren't real fans, just losers.
— George "some guy" McLean (@McleanBull) September 18, 2022
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I do enjoy how Kyle Busch, Logano, or back in the day, Gordon, Johnson, Dale Sr got the same treatment, yet nothing was said about it and it was just acceptable.
— Plann3dSpad3s (@Plann3dSpad3s) September 18, 2022
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Hatred in any form should be kept out of the sport, especially if the person it is directed towards had no fault of their own. What do you think about the Bristol incident with Bubba Wallace? Let us know in the comments below.
