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Bubba Wallace salutes Talladega fans on Twitter

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Jun 26, 2020 6:44 PM ET

Bubba Wallace had quite the roller-coaster week.

NASCAR officials, driver, and crew honored Wallace, the only full-time Black driver on the Cup Series, ahead of Monday's race at Talladega Superspeedway after an alleged noose was found inside of his garage on Sunday:

My family. pic.twitter.com/031TvNDopA
— Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) June 23, 2020

After Wallace finished 14th, he saluted a group of fans cheering him on from the stands:

Proud of you, @BubbaWallace. Keep on smiling!! pic.twitter.com/myTT2yOwUz
— Richard Petty Motorsports (@RPMotorsports) June 23, 2020

The FBI later determined Wallace wasn't the victim of a hate crime, explaining that the alleged noose in question was a pull rope. Wallace has disputed that FBI report.

On Friday, Wallace addressed Talladega fans once again via social media:

This hits hard for me. Ill never forget the chants, I’ll never forget this image! pic.twitter.com/x8nVLdvsWz
— Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) June 26, 2020

"This hits hard for me. I'll never forget the chants, I'll never forget this image!" Wallace wrote.

Following the killing of George Floyd, Wallace was instrumental in NASCAR banning Confederate flags at all events moving forward.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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