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Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace first full-time Black NASCAR driver in decades

Darrell “Bubba” Wallace, Jr. will drive the iconic No. 43 car for Richard Petty Motorsports next season, making him the first full-time African-American driver in the NASCAR Cup Series since Wendell Scott in 1971. RPM officials made the announcement Wednesday, according to NASCAR, saying Wallace would replace race car driver Aric Almirola, who’s leaving at the end of […]

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