Bubba Wallace appears to pass out during live interview after Atlanta NASCAR race

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Bubba Wallace appears to pass out during live interview after Atlanta NASCAR race image

Bubba Wallace became unresponsive during a postrace interview following Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Wallace was listening to a question from Fox Sports' Jamie Little about his wearing an "I Can't Breathe/Black Lives Matter" T-shirt before the race when he slumped and appeared to briefly lose consciousness. A crew member steadied him.

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Wallace was later placed on a stretcher and wheeled into an ambulance.

NASCAR tweeted that Wallace was treated and released from the infield care center. It provided no other details.

Wallace tweeted Sunday night that he was "good," but he, too, did not offer details.

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Wallace also had difficulty getting out of his car after the race's finish. It was reported he "fainted" after exiting.

Air temperatures for the race were in the mid- to high 80s with high humidity.

This article has been updated with statements from Wallace and NASCAR.

Tom Gatto

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Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.