Thunderstorms washed out the NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, an event further dampered Sunday night when news broke that a noose was found in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall.
Hours after Confederate flags were displayed outside the track – some flying from pickup trucks – in protest of NASCAR’s Wallace-led ban of the flags, the sanctioning body said it was made made aware of the noose late in the afternoon.
”We are angry and outraged, and cannot state strongly enough how seriously we take this heinous act,” NASCAR said. ”We have launched an immediate investigation, and will do everything we can to identify the person(s) responsible and eliminate them from the sport.”
Sundays race has been rescheduled for Monday afternoon.
