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OMG! They just reported it was not a hate crime on NBC Nightly News, but they keep calling it a noose. They said the noose has been there since last year, so the noose was not meant for Bubba. They cannot get off the noose thing, even though it is just a rope handle.
The people who denigrate NASCAR and its following as little more than a haven for racist rednecks ought to do a little more research into the origins. and culture of the sport:
All through the 1960's, NASCAR built its fan base north of the Mason-Dixon line largely via the ABC-TV coverage on the weekly Wide World of Sports, with coverage by the immortal Jim McKay and the late Chris Economaki, Editor of National Speed Sport News. The broadcasts sometimes showed a cameo of Wendell Scott and his family pit crew struggling against the stronger more-moneyed competition.
The principals sometimes had to demonstrate a sense of tact and humor, too; Scott did manage to win one feature race, but waiting in Victory Lane to kiss him was a white beauty queen; that would probably have caused a minor riot. So Scott was black-flagged (disqualified) and the victory went to Buck Baker -- for the time being. But the "error" was corrected and the prize money and points awarded properly the next day.
Wendell Scott died of natural causes in 1990. But in 2015, the powers-that-be in NASCAR elected him to the organization's Hall of Fame for his forever-intangible contributions off-the-track.
Edwin "Banjo" Matthews (he got the name because he wore thick eyeglasses -- sometimes called "banjos" in parts of the South) was a pretty fair driver in his own right, but he found a better calling as a mechanic and car builder, and he was working for the legendary Glenn "Fireball" Roberts at the time of the latter's fiery (and fatal) wreck at Charlotte in May of 1964; Matthews transformed himself into the organization's foremost expert on (and advocate for) auto racing safety.
Matthews was similarly elected to NASCAR's Hall of Fame; and upon his passing in in 1997, even so unlikely a source as National Public Radio recognized his contributions in its nightly broadcast. Sometimes, a class act turns up where it's not expected.
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Wallace was just assigned that garage last week, so he didn't know about it. The garage pull was fancied like a noose in 2019.
It's good to know it wasn't targeted, and it's good to know that Wallace isn't a 'Smollet' as some have been so quick to judge.
It's a loop knot to make it easier to close the effing door, not "fancied like a noose" but you gotta troll like the bridge dweller you are.
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