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And that reflects poorly on Bubba, NASCAR and everyone involved.
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Originally Posted by NSHL10
Every driver that had to push Bubba's car on Monday should put him in the wall at Pocono
What’s Bubba have to do with this? He didn’t even see the noose. A team member is the one who saw it and reported it to NASCAR and NASCAR turned it over to the FBI.
What’s Bubba have to do with this? He didn’t even see the noose. A team member is the one who saw it and reported it to NASCAR and NASCAR turned it over to the FBI.
One would think before you tweet about a
"despicable act" which left him "incredibly saddened and serves as a painful reminder of how much further we have to go as a society and how persistent we must be in the fight against racism."
You'd.. You know.. Make sure it wasn't the garage door handle.
I'll throw Petty in on this, too.. Because he just jumped on board as well.
As I said before.. I leaned toward believing it.. But after the Jussie stuff.. You have to have that little bit of doubt in your mind. And, this means that the NEXT time something (reportedly) happens.. There'll be even more doubt..
Many people in the garage should be pissed. Because this reflected poorly on them. And many people won't remember that it wound up being the garage door handle. They'll just remember that everyone in NASCAR is racist and tried to run out the black driver.
Which.. Well.. Wendell Scott and his family I believe can still make that argument. Bubba Wallace cannot.
One other thing that his mother said.. Which I actually agree with, however, the timing now seems incredibly suspect..
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"Bubba [Wallace] is the only Black in NASCAR. And it’s a shame that he doesn’t have the sponsorship money and funds to be able to compete up front with these other drivers. You know, we’ve been trying to figure out, you know, what is really the problem. Why is it so hard for him to find sponsorships?… Wouldn’t it be nice to have sponsorships on his car? Black enterprise businesses, black owned businesses. I mean any and everybody…my thing is: put your money where your mouth is. You know, sometimes people don’t realize, but Bubba doesn’t have a full season because lack of sponsorship dollars. So, now that this has come out, people, get behind him and support him with your pockets. We love the prayers, we appreciate the prayers, but we need money to back Bubba Wallace on his car. So he can compete and be up front and be a winner."
So.. Thanks for that, Momma Bubba.. Now you've got me thinking, at least a little bit, that this whole thing was a ploy for sponsorship. And I don't like the idea of that. I really hope that's not the case.. But, all of it together has me wondering, at least a little bit.
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Maybe we can go back to investigating first before reacting?
So suppressing general human compassion for someone who may have been in danger for simply standing up for right would be the proper move?
No suspensions were given, no fines were accessed. NASCAR looked into a potentially serious matter and found out no one needed to be severely punished. What’s the problem here?
So suppressing general human compassion for someone who may have been in danger for simply standing up for right would be the proper move?
No suspensions were given, no fines were accessed. NASCAR looked into a potentially serious matter and found out no one needed to be severely punished. What’s the problem here?
Nascar unjustly cast blame on their employees implying they were racist. Everyone who follows the sport knows no one except crew members, officials, or security had access to that garage. By claiming there was a noose ( it wasn't, it was a garage door pull that did not even resemble a noose) and going on media shows complaining about it, Wallace and his team fueled the fire to blame other Nascar employees.
If they would have showed the rope from the start everyone would have known it was bs It was a slip knot, not a noose.
No Bubba did not break the story, but he sure as **** ran with it to get his 15 minutes of fame before waiting to see what the result of the investigation would be.
He owes his fellow drivers and Nascar fans an apology for jumping to conclusions.
Location: Huntersville/Charlotte, NC and Washington, DC
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Originally Posted by NSHL10
Nascar unjustly cast blame on their employees implying they were racist. Everyone who follows the sport knows no one except crew members, officials, or security had access to that garage. By claiming there was a noose ( it wasn't, it was a garage door pull that did not even resemble a noose) and going on media shows complaining about it, Wallace and his team fueled the fire to blame other Nascar employees.
If they would have showed the rope from the start everyone would have known it was bs It was a slip knot, not a noose.
He and his team stabbed everyone in the back
NASCAR never identified any suspected employees or anyone who could have did that act. They did not embarrass anyone on the way to reaching the ultimate conclusion. If anything, NASCAR actually gained a lot of goodwill from people outside the sport by taking this seriously and supporting Bubba, myself included. They are the only major American sport that is open for business right now so the pressure was on their reaction, which I will say til I’m blue in the face was the right one.
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