FBI determines the noose found in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at Talladega had been there since at least October

Wallace successfully pushed the stock car series to ban the Confederate flag at its venues less than two weeks ago. Some longtime fans have criticized the ban, and security has been stepped up for Wallace, a 26-year-old Alabama native who in the last month has worn a shirt over his firesuit that read, “I Can’t Breathe.” His paint scheme for a race in Virginia was Black Lives Matter.