Bubba Wallace has the support of two big-time sports figures after NASCAR announced late Sunday that a noose was found in the driver's garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway.
LeBron James and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were among those to react to the news on social media. Wallace is NASCAR's lone Black driver in the Cup Series.
Earnhardt will be pulling for Wallace in the rain-delayed GEICO 500 on Monday afternoon.
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James reacted with outrage and encouragement:
Other reactions within the NASCAR community:
The act of hate caught the eye of Alabama senator Doug Jones: