NASCAR: High school coach racially attacks Darrell Wallace Jr., resigns

A Wisconsin golf coach has resigned after making racist Tweets to African-American NASCAR Cup Series driver Darrell Wallace Jr.

NASCAR driver Darrell Wallace Jr., who is set to make his debut as a full-time Cup Series driver next season in the #43 Ford for Richard Petty Motorsports, the team for which he drove in four races this season as Aric Almirola’s substitute when Almirola missed time with a back injury, was recently racially attacked on Twitter.

Wallace Jr. was racially attacked by Brett Nottestad, a boys high school golf coach in the Cambridge School District in Cambridge, Wisconsin, on Twitter. However, Nottestad’s Tweets have since been deleted.

Here are Wallace Jr.’s initial Tweets.

https://twitter.com/BubbaWallace/status/928379987757092864

According to NBC Sports, The Cambridge News & The Independent reported that Nottestad Tweeted the following messages to Wallace Jr.

"“Will this fella just go away. Can’t drive himself out of an open wet paper bag. Sad to see the sport let this clown with zero ability.”“Hey @BubbaWallace. Please quit with, ‘I’m black’ bs. You’re terrible. There are 1423 more credible drivers to get that ride than you.”"

Wallace Jr. then Tweeted again in response to Nottestad.

Nottestad then replied again.

"“Granny Jan die in a police shooting?”“Almost looks like going to the zoo.”"

When the Cambridge School District found out about Nottestad’s racial remarks, they met with him before releasing the following statement.

"“The Cambridge School District was made aware of several offensive comments made on social media by Cambridge High School boys’ golf coach, Brent Nottestad. After a meeting between Mr. Nottestad and school district officials this morning, Mr. Nottestad resigned his position with the district, effective immediately.”More from NASCARNASCAR Cup Series: New team set to compete in 2024NASCAR: Will Kevin Harvick’s major record ever be broken?NASCAR: Surprising name continuously linked to new seatNASCAR driver at risk of missing the Daytona 500?NASCAR set for rare appearance last seen 13 years ago"

Following his resignation, Nottestad publicly made comments of his own to address the situation at hand.

"“I wish I could go back in time but I can’t. I honestly don’t know what I was thinking. Perhaps trying to be a tough guy behind a computer screen? I don’t know.”"

NBC Sports also reported that Nottestad informed ESPN that he had made plans to reach out to Wallace Jr. as a result of this occurrence, which should have never happened to begin with. Nothing beyond those apparent plans is known at this time.

By landing a full-time ride with Richard Petty Motorsports in the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season, Wallace Jr. is slated to become the first full-time African-American driver in the Cup Series since Wendell Scott back in the 1971 season.

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In Darrell Wallace Jr.’s first four career Cup Series starts this season, he did fairly well considering the circumstances. As the lone driver on a one-car team, and a replacement driver for the full-time driver of the team at that, he recorded finishes of 26th place at Pocono, 19th at Michigan, 15th at Daytona and 11th at Kentucky, giving him an average finish of 17.75, an average finish that improved every race.