After several months of Coronavirus lockdown, the world has slowly come to its previous format. And among the numerous re-opened industries and fields, one is Nascar racing.
As we saw on 14 June 2020, Nascar had an eye-catching view of the new entrance of the vehicle with motive paint. Kyle Weatherman, a professional American stock car driver, made his entrance with a 'Black Lives Matter' theme painted in his car. The paint read 'Back The Blue,' which was pretty an irony against police brutality against the black man George Floyd.
Kyle's car number 47 also has a painted scheme of 'Thin Blue' across it and 'Blue Lives Matter' flag on its hood.
After Nascar supported the protesters for the justice of black lives by avoiding the confederate flag from their events and races; similarly, many racers have taken a stance against social injustice and inequality.
Kyle Weatherman's car painting (©: thesun.co.uk)
Renowned car driver Bubba Wallace ran his vehicle that had 'Black Lives Matter' flag in it with white and black hands coming together on the hood. Also, his 'I can't breathe' face mask and shirt as further means of the protest showed his lean and supports the protest going worldwide for the black lives justice and equality.
Kyle Weatherman's Racing Stats And Salary
Kyle Weatherman, who got into car racing through the influence of his father, was the youngest winner of the Legends National Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He was fifteen when he won the championship and moved to ACRA Racing Series.
At ACRA, he won the Short-Track Championship, first career race at New Jersey Motorsports Park, won three straight poles, and also led the most laps in the season at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.
From 2013 to 2017, he raced in fifty races with one win, 6988 laps, with an average finish of 8.6.
In 2017, he made his debut in Nascar racing and had competed in seventeen races throughout a couple of years. His best finish in two years is, he finished 38th in the race back in 2018. In the 2019 and 2020 season, he raced 12 races and finished 1345 laps with an average finish of 32.0.
Kyle's long career of nearly a decade has been a source of his livelihood as well. Though his net worth is not off to the public, he earns the salary of $300,000 over the season, as per cdmsports.shgn.com.