NASCAR star Bubba Wallace was once accused of bringing politics into NASCAR. But in this year’s election, he won’t go near it.
In July 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and the aftermath of the George Floyd riots, Wallace made multiple posts on X (then known as Twitter) condemning former President Donald Trump for promoting hate.
Trump himself attacked Wallace on social media over the driver calling for a ban on confederate flags at races, and alleged that an investigation into noose being found in his garage was a “hoax.”
An FBI investigation found that the noose had been in the garage stall since October 2019, and no crime had been committed.
Later that year, Wallace alleged that he’d been told he was “bringing politics into NASCAR,” in response to his condemnation for Trump.
But Wallace hasn’t made any such posts at all regarding the 2024 election, or any political subject of such a matter via public statements.
“Investing my time into that seems like a waste of time,” Wallace told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.
“I was definitely more vocal then because our sport was in desperate need of change.
Go to McDonald’s,” Wallace said when asked by Fox News Digital what beliefs he would like to express to his fans in this election year.
“Buy a meal, get the 10-piece chicken nugget, fries, Dr. Pepper and then round up that money, all of that money goes to [Ronald McDonald House Charities].”
For Wallace, the sudden shift in priorities comes after four years as an ascendant star in NASCAR. But also milestone moments for him in building a family.
In 2021 he joined Michael Jordan’s NASCAR team, serving as the first driver in the car to sport Jordan’s famous No. 23. In 2022, Wallace tied his own record as the highest-finishing Black driver in the Dayton 500.
