Fistful of Steel: The Rise of Bubba Wallace

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🗓️ 14 December 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The world of NASCAR doesn’t have anyone else like Bubba Wallace. The 28-year-old is the only Black driver in NASCAR’s Cup Series, the highest level of the sport — making Wallace both an athlete and an ambassador, whether he likes it or not. Millions across the country learned his name in 2020 when he emerged as a leading voice for racial justice, successfully lobbying his sport to ban the Confederate flag. But for a name that is familiar to so many, Wallace’s story and journey are not as well-known. Ryan McGee interviewed Wallace for E60’s special, “Fistful of Steel – The Rise of Bubba Wallace,” which airs tonight at 7:30pm ET on ESPN, and McGee joins ESPN Daily to share his insights on an athlete whose life has become a window into the evolution of his sport, and of America itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	ESPN Daily is presented by Supercuts, the smarter, easier way to get a haircut.
0:06.7	It's not just any haircut, it's supercuts.
0:11.2	Ryan McGee, your E60 profile of NASCAR star Bubba Wallace is premiering tonight on ESPN,
0:17.1	and you begin this thing with something that happened to Bubba about a decade ago.
0:23.4	What happened?
0:25.0	Well, what happened is, unfortunately, something that happens a lot.
0:45.8	So Bubba Wallace was on a country road, Highway 3, named after Del Earnhardt, and Mooresville, North Carolina.
0:48.4	I think I was going to the golf course.
0:54.5	The speed limit was 45, so my dad always taught me to do seven over.
0:55.7	They'll never pull you over.
0:57.6	And I'm like, okay, 52 and 45.
1:02.8	And I see this old busted Jeep come up to a stop sign,
1:07.2	and I'm probably 15 away, 15 car lengths away, pulls out.
1:14.5	But I'm like, dude, one, don't pull out in front of a race and so what do i do right up to his bumper it got a little aggressive on the road as a nascar driver will do and i lay on the horn
1:24.4	and they immediately turn on their hazards.
1:34.3	And so I'm like, all right, well, they're obviously slowing down for something. So I look, cross double yellow, get back over, and get up to a stop sign,
1:40.3	see three doors open up, three guys, three white guys come out.
1:46.0	Guns ready to roll.
1:47.3	Not pointing out of everything.
1:54.4	Bubba Wallace suddenly found himself in a situation where he was surrounded by police officers.
1:55.8	And what should have been just a routine traffic stop, suddenly may Bubba Wallace question his safety.
2:06.0	I advise you to pull over in his parking lot, and they had police written on their chest.
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