THERE WAS A specific moment during this most extraordinary of years that Bubba Wallace believes changed him forever.
It wasn't June 10, when NASCAR finally banned the Confederate flag from its racetracks. It wasn't June 22, when every person from the NASCAR Cup Series garage pushed and cheered Wallace's No. 43 Chevy down Talladega Speedway's pit road after a rope fashioned into a noose was found in the garage stall of NASCAR's only full-time racer of color. It wasn't Sept. 21, when Wallace signed to drive for a new Cup Series team co-owned by current NASCAR star Denny Hamlin and Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan.