Bubba Wallace wears 'I Can't Breathe' shirt, drives Black Lives Matter car in NASCAR race

NASCAR driver Darell Bubba Wallace Jr raised awareness for ongoing Black Lives Matter movement wearing a t-shirt supporting movement and also revealing a new paint job for his car that was used during race on Wednesday night (Thursday IST). Bubba Wallace is first full-time African-American driver to race in Cup Series in nearly 50 years. In order to show his support for protests against  murder of George Floyd, Wallace ditched rmal colour scheme for his Richard Petty Motorsports' . 43 Chevrolet and opted for an all-black colour scheme.

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Bubba Wallace Black Lives Matter car

26-year-old revealed Bubba Wallace Black Lives Matter car during ceremony ahe of  NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. Painted all-black, car featured  #BlackLivesMatter hashtag on rear panels. words "compassion, love, understanding" were embossed on hood along with a painting of hands of two races clasping each or. Along with his car, Bubba Wallace himself donned a Black Lives Matter shirt for race. 

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"I think by running this branding on our car, putting hashtag out re, bringing more awareness to it, it lines up with videos that we h put out as NASCAR," Bubba Wallace told CNN ahe of race. "Listening and learning. Educating ourselves. So people will look up what this hashtag means, and hopefully, get a better understanding." Bubba Wallace finished race at a career-best 11th place behind seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, Jimmie Johnson. Martin Truex Jr won race at  Martinsville Speedway. 

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NASCAR Confederate Flag officially banned

Ahe of race, Bubba Wallace me ar plea to NASCAR to prohibit use of Confederate flags during races. flags were once used as a symbol of slavery and white supremacy. However, use of  Confederate flags still hints at lingering feelings of racism in US. Amid recent protests against racial injustice, NASCAR seemed to agree with Bubba Wallace on use of  Confederate flags. flags were officially banned by NASCAR ahe of Wednesday's race.

LeBron James gives a shout-out to Bubba Wallace for efforts amid ongoing protests

efforts of Bubba Wallace to bring awareness to Black Lives Matter campaign through his car and race outfit was applauded by Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, who has so far been extremely vocal about ongoing protests against racism in country. LeBron James took to Twitter to laud Bubba Wallace Black Lives Matter car and mess NASCAR driver sent this week.

 Bubba Wallace's instant response to LeBron James

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