FBI Investigation Concludes NASCAR Driver Wallace Not the Vicitim of a Hate Crime

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Published on June 23 2020 4:48 pm
Written by Wayne Moran

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In a statement Tuesday, NASCAR says the FBI has concluded that Bubba Wallace, the sport's only African American driver, was not the victim of a hate crime after allegedly finding what was reported to be a noose in his team garage.

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The report indicates the investigation found that the rope in question had been fashioned as a noose for a garage door pull rope, and had been there as early as the fall of 2019, prior to Wallace and his team using the garage.

 

Went back and took a look at my camera roll on my phone and screenshot this from video ... rope on the left: pic.twitter.com/Od1Z4aKaxi

— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) June 23, 2020