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NASCAR bans Confederate flag from its races, venues

by AP Sports Writer
| June 10, 2020 2:03 PM

For more than 70 years, the Confederate flag was a common and complicated sight at NASCAR races. Through the civil rights era right on through the season opener at Daytona in February, the flag dotted infield campsites and was waved in grandstands by fans young and old.

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