NASCAR may have created their next star in the sense that Wallace may become a regular winner. As the author notes anything that would be considered ‘rough racing’ will not be deemed ‘racist’, so Wallace, like Michael Jordan in his heyday, cannot be touched or a flag will be thrown. This will ensure that Wallace reaches the end of more races and therefore be in a position to win. It’s taken the ‘hard part’ — preserving & managing your car over the early part of a race — and greatly simplified the problem for Petty Motorsports and its driver.
The NFL must be drooling about the optics of this. The NFL is something north of 70% Black. If they brought Colin K back, most likely he would fail anyway. And even in today’s NFL with its simulated violence, Colin K would most likely be injured attempting a pass, and its tough to make it controversial when the hitter has and 8/10 chance of being another black player.
So I'm not the only one who noticed that.