NASCAR's Response to Racism

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🗓️ 23 June 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

NASCAR is fighting to abolish racism from its culture, and its only full-time Black driver, Bubba Wallace, is at the forefront of that change - as well as the backlash against it. On Monday, drivers pushed Wallace's car to the start line together, after a noose was reportedly found in his garage at Alabama's Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday. Wallace was the driving force in NASCAR's recent ban of the Confederate flag, Ryan McGee gives us the latest on NASCAR's response to the racist act in its garage, and Bubba Wallace's career in racing. Then, former global soccer star Thomas Beattie shares his decision to come out as gay after decades of pressure related to his commitment to the sport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The sport is changing.
0:05.0	The deal that happened yesterday, sorry I'm not wearing my mask, but I wanted to show whoever
0:09.2	it was that you're not going to take away my smile and I'm going to keep on going.
0:19.5	That was NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace, who finished in 14th place at yesterday's
0:25.8	race at Talladega, less than 24 hours after a noose was discovered in his team's garage.
0:32.5	Wallace, who was NASCAR's only black driver, was instrumental in prompting NASCAR's leadership to ban the Confederate flag from their events.
0:41.2	Today, ESPN's Ryan McGee fills us in on the investigation to find the perpetrator behind this crime,
0:47.4	then explains how Wallace is using his voice to speak out on racial injustice and to lead his sport through an overdue culture change.
0:56.0	I mean it times. It's Tuesday, June 23rd. This is ESPN Daily, presented by Marathon.
1:08.5	Hey, Ryan. Hi, I'm meeting combs.
1:11.9	Ryan McGee covers NASCAR for ESPN.
1:15.3	So, Ryan, it has been a tumultuous 24 hours in NASCAR.
1:20.2	Late Sunday afternoon, we received this horrifying news that a noose was discovered in the garage of Bubba Wallace, who was NASCAR's only black driver.
1:27.2	Last time you were with us, you broke down how Wallace was a key Wallace, who was NASCAR's only black driver. Last time you were
1:27.9	with us, you broke down how Wallace was a key voice in pressuring NASCAR to ban Confederate flags
1:33.5	from events. But on Sunday at Talladega, the stars and bars were on prominent display outside
1:39.3	the race. A plane even flew overhead, towing the flag behind it.
1:49.1	Sunday's race ended up being postponed due to weather, so it was run yesterday.
1:50.7	What was the scene like there?
1:57.7	The scene was something like I've never seen before.
2:01.7	Heard of, thought I would ever see in 25 years of covering NASCAR
2:05.0	I had received several texts on Monday morning
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