Just last week, Bubba Wallace, the sport's only black driver, debuted a Black Lives Matter car, with an image of two fists - one black and one white - gripping each other on the hood and the words "compassion, love, understanding" wrapped around the bumper. June is turning out to be quite eventful for NASCAR. NASCAR bans the Confederate flag and a driver supports Black Lives Matter Several military nonprofits sponsor the team, Mike Harmon Racing said in a statement to CNN. The team has previously painted cars to honor active military and veterans, law enforcement officers and first responders. "We at MHR want to send the message (that the deaths of police officers killed in the line of duty) wasn't in vain and that they're not forgotten and very much appreciated." "As far as this week's paint theme, there's thousands upon thousands of police officers in this country that serve us very well and they do not deserve to be disrespected and not be appreciated," Harmon said in a statement to CNN. Mike Harmon, who runs Mike Harmon Racing, Weatherman's team, said since the paint scheme went public, the team has received hundreds of emails from the families of officers killed in the line of duty who appreciate the recognition.
"My uncle is a firefighter and he would do anything to help save lives." "A lot going on in the world right now and I wanted to express that most first responders are good people," Weatherman tweeted ahead of the race. The "thin blue line" of law enforcement separates the two, according to Thin Blue Line USA, which makes pro-police clothing and gifts that support police nonprofits.
The space above the blue line represents societal order, and the space below the line is meant to be crime and chaos. The blue line is meant to symbolize law enforcement. The Thin Blue Line flag resembles an American flag but in black and white, with one blue stripe in the middle. The hood of Weatherman's Camaro bore the Thin Blue Line flag, an emblem of the Blue Lives Matter organization, a national group of police and their supporters originally formed to counter the Black Lives Matter movement.
Days after NASCAR's only full-time black driver raced in a Black Lives Matter-themed car, a competitor drove with a symbol of Blue Lives Matter on its hood.Īt Sunday's NASCAR Xfinity race in Homestead, Florida, driver Kyle Weatherman debuted a newly designed car emblazoned with the hashtag "Back the Blue" in support of police and first responders.
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