2 days ago  Twitter Share. By Mark Heim mheim@al.com Netflix announced Thursday it is working on a documentary series following Bubba Wallace in his first NASCAR Cup. The latest tweets from @BubbaWallace.

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Netflix is in production on a documentary series following Bubba Wallace in his first NASCAR Cup season with 23XI Racing, the company announced Thursday.

Netflix states that “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.”

No release date has been announced.

The executive producer is Erik Parker, whose work includes the 2017 documentary “LA Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later.”

The Netflix series “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” has run three seasons. The behind-the-scenes series has been highlighted for showing the personalities (and conflicts) in Formula One.

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This will be the first NASCAR-themed documentary series for Netflix. The comedy show “The Crew” debuted earlier this year. The 10-episode series centered on a fictional NASCAR team and featured actor Kevin James. Ryan Blaney, Austin Dillon and Cole Custer had cameo appearances.

This won’t be the first series to go behind the scenes with Wallace. A docu-series on Facebook Watch did so with Wallace as he prepared for his first Daytona 500 in 2018. The behind-the-scenes series was eight episodes.

You know me…I like to keep things real and raw. Pumped to have @netflix capture these moments to share with you guys. 🤘🏾

— Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) April 22, 2021

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace is now being attacked by a famous helmet artist.

Jason Beam, who has previously worked with Wallace as well as stars like Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch, went on a hate-filled social media rant toward Wallace and the Black Lives Matter movement on Wednesday.

Beam was celebrating the fact that Richard Petty Motorsports announced a new driver Erik Jones to take the spot vacated by Wallace - who joined Michael Jordan's new racing team - and referred to Wallace as a 'political statement' instead of a real driver.

'RPM will actually have a wheelman behind the wheel and not a political statement looking for attention,' he wrote.

When a fan responded, 'So is this your final position? Cuz I remember a lot of flip flopping when you started getting called out by drivers,' it set Beam off.

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'I never once flip flopped,' Beam replied. 'F--k Bubba and F--k the BLM movement and F--k anyone who wants to censor opinions and let politics get in the way of business relationships. You can quote me all you want, that's my stance and has been from the get go.'

Wallace caught wind of the tweet and responded on Twitter by taking the high road and explaining why he left.

Can usually let the BS roll off but when it's somebody I've met personally and was genuinely excited to have my first few lids painted by him..hits different.

I ultimately left bc I just wanted a different look. No hard feelings just a personal feeling..

Damn dude. Roger that?? https://t.co/LKW6qvfQCe

It is not the first time Wallace has had to take the high road on Twitter. President Donald Trump accused him of creating a hoax when the FBI investigated a pull rope that appeared to look like a noose in his garage stall at Taladega Superspeedway earlier this summer.

The FBI conducted an investigation and determined that no hate crime took place, and that the rope had been placed there in October 2019 with no way of knowing who would use the stall next.

Wallace said he was relieved to learn he was not targeted as part of a hate crime and responded to the president's tweet by saying 'love over hate every day.'

The 27-year-old is the only Black driver in NASCAR and called on the racing league to ban the Confederate flag at events, which it officially did on June 10 of this year.

In September, Wallace left Richard Petty Motorsport to join a new racing team formed by NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan and veteran NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin.

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