Bubba Wallace: Confederate flags have 'no place' at NASCAR races

Bubba Wallace believes NASCAR needs to make sure fans don't bring Confederate flags to races.

"We are trying to figure out next steps, and my next step would be to get rid of all Confederate flags," Wallace said Monday on "CNN Tonight with Don Lemon."

"There should be no individual that is uncomfortable showing up to our events to have a good time with their family that feels some type of way about something they have seen, an object they have seen flying," he continued. "No one should feel uncomfortable when they come to a NASCAR race. So it starts with Confederate flags. Get them out of here. They have no place for them."

Wallace, the only black driver in NASCAR's Cup Series, wore a T-shirt reading "I can't breathe" and "Black Lives Matter" before a race Sunday to show solidarity with protesters demonstrating against police brutality and racial injustice across the U.S.

"The narrative on that before, I wasn't bothered by it, but I don't speak for everybody else, I speak for myself," Wallace said about abolishing Confederate flags at races. "What I am chasing is checkered flags. That was kind of my narrative, but diving more into it and educating myself, people feel uncomfortable about that, people talk about that.

"That's the first thing they bring up. There's going to be a lot of angry people that carry those flags proudly, but it's time for change. We have to change that. I encourage NASCAR, and we will have those conversations."