Bringing people together around a love for racing and the community it creates is what makes fans and sport special. The display of the Confederate flag will be prohibited from all NASCAR events ...

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On Monday, the only full-time African American driver in NASCAR’s Cup Series called for the auto racing body to ban Confederate flags from its events. Two days later, his dream came true.

"The presence of the Confederate flag at NASCAR events runs contrary ... Bringing people together around a love for racing and the community that it creates is what makes our fans and sport ...

Bringing people together around a love for racing and the community that it creates is what makes our fans and sport special. The display of the confederate flag will be prohibited from all NASCAR ...

The confederate flag “is freedom of speech,” Pres ... Bringing people together around a love for racing and the community that it creates is what makes our fans and sport special.” ...

Also missing from the track landscape was a long-time track staple – the Confederate flag. Talladega Superspeedway has been a capital of stock car racing for most of the track’s 50-year existence.

Wallace also loves the sport, and when he came in — knowing that each NASCAR racing generation requires a new Jackie Robinson all over again — he couldn’t have missed the Confederate flags.

The stock car racing group says the presence of the Confederate Flag runs contrary to its commitment to be welcoming and inclusive. NASCAR is done with the Confederate flag. From now on ...

NASCAR's announcement this week that it is banning the Confederate flag at its events does not mark the first time that the flag has been a part of a larger discussion within sport. It's also not ...

Seven-time Sprint Cup champion Richard Petty says the debate over fans flying the Confederate flag at NASCAR events is much ado about nothing and will vanish as soon as the next big story breaks ...