The Kannapolis, North Carolina, native is set to achieve a milestone start across NASCAR's three major division series for the upcoming event at Kansas Speedway.
When Bubba Wallace began speaking up as a person of color, it set in motion the greatest paradigm shift in a sport that has received years of flak for being predominantly white and predominantly male. Wallace saw his chance to use his platform as a person of color to help push awareness of the systemic racism which plagues America. Of course; he's a human being who has been vocal on what it's like to be profiled as a black person in America. This in the face of a constant stream of brutality and racism, and the fact that he put his best foot forward did not go unnoticed.
The Mobile, Alabama, native is set to achieve a milestone start in his third full-time season in the Cup Series and during this weekend's doubleheader events at the Monster Mile.