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Netflix Announces Bubba Wallace Documentary Series

Add another streaming show to watch, NASCAR fans. Netflix and Bubba Wallace are teaming up for a documentary series of a behind-the-scenes look at his 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season, Netflix announced April 22.

Wallace is in his first season driving for new Cup Series team 23XI Racing, co-owned by fellow Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan. Wallace is the only Black driver in the premier NASCAR series.

“The series will take viewers behind the scenes of the 2021 NASCAR season through the eyes of the only Black driver at the top level of the sport, and will explore Wallace, 23XI Racing, and NASCAR’s efforts to advocate for inclusion and equality in racing and beyond,” a Netflix spokesperson said about the series, per NBC Sports.

No release date has been announced for the documentary series.

Through nine races thus far this Cup season, Wallace is 20th in the championship standings. He has three top fives and nine top 10s in 121 series starts.

 

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Mark Kristl joined Frontstretch at the beginning of the 2019 NASCAR season. He is the site's ARCA Menards Series editor. Kristl is also an Eagle Scout and a proud University of Dayton alum.

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