Bubba Wallace Named First Black Racer To Win A NASCAR Cup Since 1963: It’s Pretty D*mn Cool

Bubba Wallace Named First Black Racer To Win A NASCAR Cup Since 1963: It’s Fairly D*mn Cool

Bubba Wallace lately made historical past by turning into the second-ever Black man–and the primary in 58 years–to win a NASCAR Cup!

Yesterday (Monday, Oct. 4th), Bubba Wallace (actual identify William Wallace Jr.) received the YellaWood 500 NASCAR race. The occasion came about on the Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama, and was shortened from 188 to 118 laps because of harsh rain. Notably, Bubba Wallace turned the second Black particular person to win a NASCAR Cup in American historical past. It had been 58 years since a Black racer had received a race within the NASCAR Cup Sequence.

Again in 1963, Wendell Scott turned the primary Black particular person to win a NASCAR Cup. On the time–nonetheless within the Jim Crow Period–Wendell Scott was largely thought-about an underdog within the sport, which remains to be predominately white. He was posthumously inducted into the NASCAR Corridor of Fame again in 2015.

Shortly after his historic win, Bubba Wallace was requested about how he felt to be the second African-American to win a race within the NASCAR Cup Sequence. In response, the 27-year-old racer emotionally stated:

“I by no means take into consideration these issues. Whenever you say it like that, it clearly beings numerous emotion, numerous pleasure to my household, followers, mates–it’s fairly d*mn cool. Simply proud to be a winner within the Cup Sequence.”

“Simply proud to be a winner within the Cup Sequence.”

An emotional @BubbaWallace at @Talladega. #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/b2O4QpCDMa

— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 4, 2021

He later added:

“That is to all these children on the market that need to have a possibility in no matter they need to obtain and be the most effective at what they need to do.”

Congratulations to Bubba Wallace on making historical past together with his latest NASCAR win!

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