NEW: NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace tells TheView he is 'absolutely' reinvigorated to help advocate for social change and educate others following an incident in which a noose was found in his team's garage.
"My dad had told me -- after the Confederate flag deal -- he said, 'I'm proud of you, but I'm worried about your safety so you have to be careful.' So this just shows how much I have to watch my back.
When the race resumed Monday, Wallace was met with a huge show of support from all 39 other drivers and their crews in a march down pit road to push his car to the front of the field on track at Talladega. Bubba Wallace, driver of the #43 Victory Junction Chevrolet, and team owner, and NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty stand for the national anthem prior to the NASCAR Cup Series GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on June 22, 2020 in Talladega, Alabama.
"But it's simple-minded people like that, the ones afraid of change, they use everything in their power to defend what they stand up for instead of trying to listen and understand what's going on," Wallace said."We're still trying to figure out whoever did this crazy act, trying to pinpoint it on somebody and just go through it all. I think it was better for me not to see it directly. I don't know how I would have reacted.
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