Bubba Wallace responds to 'Noose Hoax' theory, says "I'm offended but not shocked"

On Sunday, NASCAR issued a statement that ted that a ose was discovered in Bubba Wallace's . 43 gar at Tallega Superspeedway. NASCAR, as well as federal authorities, investigated incident, which could have potentially been a racist attack at Bubba Wallace. Over course of week, however, 'Bubba Wallace ose hoax' story gained a lot of traction on social media after a fake post on Facebook stated NASCAR racer confused a serpentine belt for a ose. While rumour has been debunked by multiple publications, it was t until a host of social media users re that post and started speculating if it was thing but a 'Bubba Wallace fake ose story'.

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Bubba Wallace ose hoax ory: NASCAR driver responds

During a video interview with  View on Tuesday, Bubba Wallace responded to hoax ory stating he was "offended" but "t shocked" after people started questioning incident. "It offends me that people would go to those measures but again, I'm t shocked. People are entitled to ir own opinions to make m feel good and help m sleep at night," Bubba Wallace said. "It's simple-minded people like that, ones that are afraid of change y use everything in ir power to defend what y stand up for, inste of trying to listen and understand what's going on."

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Since ose was found in 26-year-old's gar, after Monday's race at Tallega, Bubba Wallace was questioned by FBI, which racer "never thought would happen." Wallace ted that federal authorities are w investigating incident and should find person responsible for act soon.

While 'Bubba Wallace ose hoax' ory was debunked, investigation from NASCAR and FBI revealed that ose in . 43 gar was t a result of a racist hate attack. investigation concluded on Tuesday which determined that Wallace was t victim of a hate crime. NASCAR's video foot revealed that ose was hanging in . 4 gar at Tallega Superspeedway since October 2019. It could t have kwn if Wallace would be assigned same gar. Hence, federal crime was committed.

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" FBI has completed its investigation at Tallega Superspeedway and determined that Bubba Wallace was t target of a hate crime," a statement from NASCAR re. " FBI report concludes, and photographic evidence confirms, that gar door pull rope fashioned like a ose h been positioned re since as early as last fall. This was obviously well before 43 team’s arrival and gar assignment."

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(Im Credits: NASCAR Twitter Handle)