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Bars at nascar events. this weekends racing was at talladega in alabama where, sure enough, there was a confederate flag parade outside the speedway. then, sadly, a noose was found in the garage housing bubba wallaces race team. nascar likes calling itself a family. today we are happy to report they acted and looked like a family. team members from the entire starting grid accompanied bubba wallaces car prior to the race. among them was the man they call the king, richard petty. bubba drives for...

Nascars biggest races and if you look at any of the sports sections in todays newspapers, the man leading all the front pages isnt the winner. instead youll see images like the one youre about to, from the talladega super speedway in alabama, bubba wallace moved to tears on the track. his fellow drivers and crews at one point gathering around him to show their support. they marched after his car, just about 24 hours after a noose was found in wallace garage stall. the fbi is now investigating wh...

John, what did you think of last nights display of solidarity with wallace? >> i think it was one of the greatest sports moments in history to see all the drivers come and push bubba wallaces car to the front. if you didnt feel anything for that, something is wrong with you. you have real issues that -- if you didnt see solidarity with all the drivers and crew members, this is what nascar represents now. and they just want to show a new nascar. theyre going to show racism does not exist in nasca...

To some people but nascar culture is huge and nascar is sending a new message to its fans with this. >> this was not a small thing at all, willie. honestly, when i saw that, it took my breath away. it took my breath away both for how proud i am for bubba wallace. i think people might underestimate how difficult the situation he found himself in was. oftentimes with entertainers or athletes, theyre asked to go out and entertain us and stop there. theyre asked to go out there and put on a show but...

And in keeping with our history, people emerge who stand up and lead by example. they speak up and speak out, and they force change. one such man is bubba wallace. he is the only black driver in nascars upper echelon of 40-plus drivers. he is hugely popular among his fellow drivers. like a lot of race fans, he was never comfortable with the ubiquitous confederate flags at so many nascar events. the sport started, after all, among moonshiners in the deep south souping up their streetcars to outru...

Yesterday. the first time fans could get back into the speedway. i talked to a dad who was taking his sons here from 9 1/2 hours away. college station, texas. they got to see history. when it comes to the confederate flag, i would put it to three different camps. those who think this change was long overdue. those who think the confederate flag, theyre not for or against it. they dont subscribe to the symbolism and those out flaunting the confederate flag from the tops of poles from winnebagos, ...

Happens? >> chris, good morning, very good to be with you. the magnitude of what we saw yesterday is so much bigger than just sports, when you talk about changes, lets look at whats been fast tracked, just in the last few weeks. atlanta motor speedway, a moment of silence held for those impacted by systemic racism. the confederate flag in nascar was banned on june 10th, two weeks ago. and the 39 fellow drivers and their pit crews as well and richard petty walking with bubba wallace along pit roa...

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Stand with bubba hash tag in the infield. bubba wallace team gave him a pep talk over the radio. >> i love you, man. we all do. put us in a good spotted. get your mind right. lets go shut the haters up. >> anderson, theyre trying to figure out who did this and because theres been limited access to the track, because of this pandemic, that may make their job easier because really it is just essential employees like race teams and nascar employees so the president of nascar says theyre investigati...