NASCAR has announced it will officially no longer allow the confederate flag on its racetrack properties. The battle banner of a nation long gone will now be gone from auto sports.
The move comes three days after the Cup Series showed a unified front against racism at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and only a few hours before Bubba Wallace’s no. 43 Chevy hit the track at Martinsville Speedway adorned with an image of black and white hands embraced.
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) June 10, 2020
It’s the culmination of a one-man campaign by Wallace, who this week appeared across major news outlets and called for NASCAR to finally do what it has wanted to for years.
Several media outlets indicated the sport is “aggressively associated by the public with hatred and racism.” If such is true, this is a large and important move from the front office. Only time will tell how the rest of the world will greet and react to the move.
It's official. @NASCAR has announced it will prohibit the display of the #ConfederateFlag at its events and properties#NASCAR #Racing #Auto #Sports #ConfederateMonuments #News #BlackLivesMatter #Protests2020 pic.twitter.com/HwxGqnPEEs
— Gabriel Schray (@schrayguy) June 10, 2020
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