4 and that is usually where Boomers go to trash Bubba. To be honest, I don’t think this win could have come at a more perfect time for 23XI Racing. For example, McDonald’s Twitter account was changed to say “Bubba Wallace stan account,” their profile picture to Bubba, their cover photo to a McDonald’s logo saying “Bu bba ba ba ba,” and pinning a tweet that says “can’t spell without the W.” McDonald’s was so happy to see Bubba win that they changed their social media accounts to essentially show everyone who he is. To start, this win for Bubba marked McDonald’s first win in NASCAR since 1994, while also being the first time since 1954 where the No. It goes to show how far NASCAR has come in 60 years.īubba’s victory at Talladega also ended a bunch of made up curses in NASCAR. Unlike Wendell, Bubba got to celebrate in victory lane with his crew.
Whether you want to involve race in this or not, it is incredibly important to highlight that Bubba Wallace made history by becoming only the second African American driver in NASCAR history to win a race at the Cup Series level. 28, 2021, the day before what would have been Scott’s 100th birthday. In fact, the Wendell Scott family didn’t receive the trophy he earned until NASCAR presented a custom trophy to them on Aug. NASCAR finally overturned the results two hours later and declared him the winner, but he never got the trophy. This was because race officials didn’t want to see a Black driver celebrate his win. NASCAR declared Buck Baker, a white driver, the winner instead of Scott even though Scott clearly won. The reason I bring this up was because when Wendell Scott won back in 1963, he didn’t get his trophy like Bubba did.
Bubba Wallace takes a selfie with NASCAR garage as they all stood to support him during the time where a noose was discovered in his garage stall. Seeing NASCAR stand with Bubba and support him during these difficult times and seeing the entire garage rally for him made my love for the sport grow even more. This was obviously great news, but the mental effect it had on Bubba definitely took a toll on him. The FBI found that the noose tied in Bubba’s stall had been there since 2019 and he was not the subject of a hate crime. Since Bubba is the only African American driver in NASCAR’s Cup Series, NASCAR officials immediately alerted Bubba and his team that it was possible he was the subject of a hate crime.īubba helped get the Confederate flag banned from NASCAR less than two weeks prior, and being in Alabama, where the flag is prominent, it seemed like NASCAR had a legitimate reason behind their beliefs. To start, at Talladega Superspeedway in 2020, NASCAR told Bubba that they discovered a noose in his garage stall. It just goes to show how significant of an impact sports can have on someone.Īnyway, the reason why I felt so overwhelmed with joy was because Bubba has been through a lot over the past couple of years. I’ll admit that the past few weeks for me have been awful mentally, but seeing my favorite driver – Bubba Wallace – win made me feel a sense of happiness that I’d almost forgotten.
“No way… no way,” Bubba shouted with excitement as NASCAR officials declared him the winner. Seeing and hearing the emotion when Bubba found out he was a NASCAR Cup Series winner at his home track filled me with so much joy that you would have thought I was in the #23 McDonald’s Camry on race day. 1, 1963, which happened to be 21,128 days before Bubba did.
When NASCAR called the race due to rain, Bubba officially joined the late NASCAR Hall of Famer Wendell Scott as one of the only two African American winners in NASCAR Cup Series history. The significance of this win for Bubba was unlike any other. earned his first career win in the NASCAR Cup Series at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama.