Here’s what I think happened. They had the confederate flag stuff because of the ban. NASCAR (or higher power) decided to plan the noose story without thinking everyone would be like hey Corona exists and no ones really there. People backed them into a corner to investigate and they had to admit nothing was there.
They really want to create Bubba as a star. I like Bubba but you also have to win. He’s middle of the road right now. NASCAR may have ruined itself with this move.