VIDEO: True Fan Alvin Kamara Checks in on Way to NASCAR Race in Miami
By Michael Luciano
NASCAR is just a few days removed from banning the Confederate flag at races and league events, and the sport has already added a new fan in Pro Bowl running back Alvin Kamara. The New Orleans Saints running back is heading down to Florida to watch the race at Homestead-Miami speedway on Sunday. Kamara is already kitted out head to toe in Bubba Wallace gear.
Enjoy the show, @A_kamara6!
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) June 14, 2020
The @Saints star is en route to @HomesteadMiami for today’s race. pic.twitter.com/FeQEftAYmf
Kamara is wearing Richard Petty's legendary No. 43, a number under which Wallace has driven over the last few seasons.
One of the few African-American drivers in the sport, Wallace was the one leading the charge to get the flag removed from any and all NASCAR events, even going so far as to put #blacklivesmatter and various other equality symbols on his car during a race at Martinsville.
NASCAR has a long history with the Confederate flag but Bubba Wallace — the sports only black driver — says banning the flag will bring in people who felt uncomfortable before.https://t.co/kz2xVo7dQA
— NPR (@NPR) June 13, 2020
While some falsely claimed that NASCAR's removal of the Confederate flag from race grounds would drive fans away, that declaration has already earned the sport a new, high-profile fan in Kamara.