He is NascarвЂ™s Black driver, the third ever to land a fulltime drive in its top three series, its unofficial ambassador for diversity and inclusion вЂ“ the guy who dared his sport to stop tolerating fansвЂ™ confederate flag displays and got his wish. He called it вЂњa huge weight lifted off my shoulders.вЂќ But, likely, posterity will remember it by a different name: the perfect storm.ДЄfter all, Wallace isnвЂ™t just any driver.

And so Wallace was awarded his first Cup race from his pit box. The last came on lap 117 when the Chevrolet machine of Ryan Preece was shoved a bit too hard and turned into the outside backstretch barrier, triggering a four-car pileup just before the skies opened yet again.ДЄs the yellow flag flew Bubba Wallace, who survived the initial wrecks and was just a few cars up from Preece before he was bumped out of line, led the field around in his No 23 Toyota machine and into the pits to duck the rain. Add to that downpour the thundering stakes for the 12 pilots in NascarвЂ™s Cup вЂќChaseвЂќ вЂ“ a 10-week, race-within-the-race to determine the driversвЂ™ championship вЂ“ and what you have are powder-keg perfect conditions for not one but three Big Ones. Persistent rain showers deferred the start of last weekвЂ™s Talladega Cup feature, the YellaWood 500, from Sunday and interrupted the race again after the green flag dropped on Monday.

And then on top of all that thereвЂ™s the weather.

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