NASCAR says it is “angry and outraged” by the incident
had called for the flag — a symbol long linked to America’s history of racism — to be prohibited earlier this month as protests over police brutality and systemic inequality raged across the U.S. But the decisionamong the sport’s mostly white, Southern fan base who argued the flag isn’t a racist symbol but a part of their heritage.
The noose was found in the garage stall for the No. 43 car racing team, which is owned by Richard Petty Motorsports. It’s unclear who has access to the stalls. Nooses are one of the most powerfuldirected toward Black Americans and tied to the history of lynchings in the South, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
“Today’s despicable act of racism and hatred leaves me incredibly saddened and serves as a painful reminder of how much further we have to go as a society and how persistent we must be in the fight against racism,” Wallace said in a statement on Twitter.
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