The noose found hanging in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway had been there since at least last October, federal authorities said while announcing there will be no charges filed in an incident that rocked Nascar and its only full-time black driver. A crew member for Richard Petty Motorsports discovered the noose on Sunday at the Alabama race track. Through video confirmed by Nascar, it was discovered the noose “was in that garage as early as October 2019″. Wallace successfully pushed the stock car series to ban the Confederate flag at its venues less than two weeks ago. A banner flew over the speedway on Sunday of a Confederate flag that read “Defund Nascar”.

Source: Irish Independent June 23, 2020 21:45 UTC