The only full-time Black driver in NASCAR has been thrust into the spotlight over the past week after NASCAR and the FBI investigated the discovery of a noose in his team’s garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway on June 21.

On June 23, the FBI and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama said that no hate crime charges would be filed because the rope had been tied that way—clearly in the shape of a noose—and in Wallace’s garage stall since October.

The 26-year-old Wallace—the son of a Black mother and White father—competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Richard Petty Motorsports.

Wallace, who helped lead NASCAR’s response during the racial and social unrest and protests following Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer, also called for the sport to ban the controversial Confederate flag from all of its events.

Two days later, on June 10th, NASCAR’s governing body banned the flag, causing an uproar among long-time race fans.