Over the course of the last couple of years, Bubba Wallace has really solidified his own status as ‘more than a racecar driver,’ and reshaped the role of a racecar driver in general. The 23XI Racing driver has used all mediums at his disposal to raise, highlight, and speak about important things not only for the element of the sport but for society.

More recently, the medium that combined these two elements, of Wallace being a racecar driver and him being an activist, was the Netflix docu-series, ‘Race: Bubba Wallace.’ This was something the Talladega winner hoped opened new doors while breaking several old ones on being a black NASCAR driver.

In a recent interview, he admitted that his hopes of that happening have turned into reality, but not completely.

“There been a flip from negative toward positive,” Wallace said, “many more people reaching out with their support…I’m happy about that. But it doesn’t mean we’re done.”

Bubba Wallace hopes to have shattered the false notions about racecar drivers

Along with the bigger impact on subjects like inclusivity and other things, Bubba Wallace also hopes the Netflix docu-series had an effect on the popular mentality and notions surrounding race car drivers.

The notions that make the average person consider racecar driving as an easy task, as a hobby, or worse, as something anyone can do.

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Through the six-episode Netflix series, fans got to see what goes inside being a racecar driver, the mental, the physical, and the emotional side of it, something which can clearly be overwhelming for most of us.

“It’s a lot, to be a racecar driver,” Wallace said in a recent interview with CBS. “You get a glimpse of what it’s like. And that’s what I wanted to showcase for everybody tuning in.”

He continued, “We didn’t really hold back on anything. I wanted to show you how mentally, physical, emotionally, everything, draining that the sport is and what it takes to be successful.” 

“So there’s always people out there – ‘NASCAR isn’t a sport,’” Wallace added.

“Well, you get to see otherwise in this docu-series.”