Driver Bubba Wallace said he’s gotten both negative and positive responses from fans after NASCAR’s decision to ban the Confederate flag at all events, but 'there's obviously been more good than there is bad.'
Wallace, the only full-time African American driver in NASCAR's Cup Series, spoke with CNN's Don Lemon Friday about fan reaction to the auto racing body's decision to ban the Confederate flag at all events."I was proud of the efforts by NASCAR, so hats off to them," Wallace said. Wallace said he's gotten both negative and positive responses from fans, but"there's obviously been more good than there is bad.
" Read MoreWallace said he is excited for fans to return to the sport to see the change in the demographics of the audience.NASCAR announced its Confederate flag ban in a statement on Wednesday."The presence of the Confederate flag at NASCAR events runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all fans, our competitors and our industry," NASCAR said.
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NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace On Confederate Flag Ban: 'A Long Time Coming'Bubba Wallace is the only black driver to race full time in NASCAR's top series. He tells All Things Considered that banning the Confederate flag will bring in people who felt uncomfortable before.
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Bubba Wallace: NASCAR decision to ban Confederate flag 'felt like a win''There was so much historical impact and movement behind this race that we had just had that it just overpowered everything else that I’ve gone through,' Wallace, the only black full-time Cup series driver, said Friday.
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South Secedes From NASCAR Following Confederate Flag BanMONTGOMERY, AL—Declaring that they refused to be part of any institution that would endeavor to compromise their way of life, the South reportedly announced Thursday that they had seceded from NASCAR following the auto-racing company’s Confederate flag ban. “We hereby repudiate the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing for its shameful treatment of the Southern way of life and proclaim that all ties between us are formally dissolved, with great prejudice,” read a statement written by a group of elected officials from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas, which also declared the formation of a new auto-racing organization devoted to the Southern cause, the Confederate Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, or CASCAR. “For too long, NASCAR has tried to rule our way of life without understanding it, and so we must throw off the tyrannical yoke of their automotive oppression. There comes a time when an auto-racing organization must become divided—when its races cease to represent all those states to whom it is supposed to provide entertainment. Our new CASCAR tracks will proudly fly the Confederate flag instead of the Union flag, as well as the disgraceful black-and-white starting flag and yellow caution flag used by our Northern aggressors, and we will race according to our own laws.” At press time, CASCAR challenged any NASCAR drivers brave enough to race in its upcoming Cracker Barrel Civil 500.
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Ray Ciccarelli leaving NASCAR after sport banned Confederate flag at its eventsRay Ciccarelli says he will quit NASCAR at the end of the season after the sport announced it would ban Confederate flags at its events.
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NASCAR Driver Ray Ciccarelli Quits to Protest Confederate Flag BanNASCAR truck series driver Ray Ciccarelli says he's quitting over the organization's confederate flag ban ... saying it's a bunch of 'political BS.'
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