Bubba Wallace Credits His 'Persistent Ego' For Helping Drive Social Change in NASCAR
Bubba Wallace Credits His 'Persistent Ego' For Helping Drive Social Change in NASCAR On 12/17/20 at 6:00 AM EST Bubba Wallace never dreamed of pursuing a career in motorsports while he slept in his racecar bed as a youth in North Carolina. He also never figured he would be the epicenter of social justice changes within NASCAR last summer. A "persistent ego," as he calls it, led him to being on NASCAR's top circuit prior to a summer of change for the country in 2020. And that ego also led to social changes within his own sport, which is steeped in southern heritage, Confederate flags and a cul...