Bubba Wallace Lewis Hamilton
The american race car driver is the first full time african american stock car driver in decades and his second place finish also made him the highest finishing african american ever in the.
Bubba wallace lewis hamilton. Each driver featured in the video called for a drastic change. In response 6 time formula one world champion lewis hamilton acknowledged johnson s plea. Born october 8 1993 is an american professional stock car racing driver.
Wallace who is nascar s. Lewis hamilton said he is proud of nascar s show of solidarity with bubba wallace at talladega superspeedway. Donald trump tweeted about bubba wallace and the noose found at talladega last month.
Bubba wallace will begin his rookie campaign at the daytona 500 with a lot of eyes on him. 54 toyota tundra for. All drivers wore black t.
In fact johnson and several of his nascar contemporaries featured in that video message. 43 chevrolet camaro zl1 1le for richard petty motorsports previously wallace was signed as a development driver for joe gibbs racing where wallace competed in the camping world truck series driving the no. Bubba wallace started off the video saying that racers are used to moving fast.
On monday wallace nascar s only black full time driver was joined by all 39 other. The lack of diversity in motorsport saw formula one world champion lewis hamilton launch his own commission to bring more black people to the fore. He competes full time in the nascar cup series driving the no.
Lewis hamilton shared a message of support for nascar s bubba wallace after a noose was found in the stock car driver s garage stall on sunday at talladega superspeedway. 10 powerful photos of lewis hamilton 13 other formula 1 drivers kneeling before austrian gp. The 24 year old driver has been starring in a documentary season showing the run up to the great american race and is also behind the wheel of the iconic 43 richard petty motorsports car.
Lewis hamilton shared a message of support for nascar s bubba wallace after a noose was found in the stock car driver s garage stall on sunday at talladega superspeedway. Led by lewis hamilton formula one s only black driver 14 of 20 drivers took a knee to protest racial injustice before sunday s season opening austrian grand prix.
