The FBI has determined driver Bubba Wallace 'was not the target of a hate crime,' NASCAR says in statement. 'The FBI report concludes…that the garage door pull rope fashioned like a noose had been positioned there since as early as last fall.'
Drivers and their crew teams walked as one to push Wallace’s car down the track just 24 hours after a noose was found in his garage stall.The FBI has completed its investigation into a noose found in Bubba Wallace's garage at Talladega Superspeedway earlier this week and is not filing any federal charges, the organization announced Tuesday.
The FBI investigation concluded through video and photographic evidence that a garage door pull rope fashioned like a noose had been positioned in that garage number 4 since at least October 2019, and thus was not directed at Wallace. 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.Phelps said that NASCAR will be continuing its own investigation to determine"why there was a rope fashioned into a noose." He said the noose was present in the garage during a race in October.
"No member of Richard Petty Motorsports, nor Wallace had any involvement with the presence of the rope," the statement said. Before the race, all 39 other drivers and their crews marched down pit road as Wallace's car was pushed to the front of the field. The words #IStandWithBubba also were seen stenciled on the grass near the racetrack's pit row.
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