Not all drivers had quite as strong of a take, with USA Today quoting 2012 Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski as saying he doesn't salute or respect the flag, but he's "not gonna tell people they need to get rid of it." It didn't, however, ban the flag outright.Įven after NASCAR's moment of silence and vow to do better, Wallace, who drove a Black Lives Matter race car during Wednesday night's Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway, was still having to call for full removal of the Confederate flag from tracks during a Monday CNN interview.
When NASCAR moved to eradicate Confederate imagery from its races entirely after the 2015 Charleston massacre - where a white supremacist shot and killed nine people at a historically Black church - by approaching the fans still bringing the flag to the track, the sanctioning body took steps to discourage them from flying it. Ray Brock/The Enthusiast Network via Getty Images Ned Jarrett in the winner's circle after the 1965 Southern 500 at Darlington, alongside a rebel soldier holding the Confederate flag.
We ask our drivers, our competitors, and all our fans to join us in this mission - to take a moment of reflection to acknowledge that we must do better as a sport." The time is now to listen, to understand, and to stand against racism and racial injustice. "The Black community and all people of color have suffered in our country, and it has taken far too long for us to hear their demands for change. "Our country is in pain, and people are justifiably angry, demanding to be heard," NASCAR President Steve Phelps said. 43 and the first Black driver to race full time in the top-level Cup Series since 1971, had worn before getting in the car. 43 team held a shirt that read "I can't breathe" and "Black Lives Matter" - the shirt that Darrell Wallace Jr., driver of the No.
Pit-crew members stood with their hands behind their backs or clasped in front of their waists. It often indicates a user profile.īefore the NASCAR Cup Series' Folds of Honor 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday, all 40 cars came to a stop on the track's front stretch for a moment of silence after the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died after Minneapolis police officers kneeled on his neck and back despite him saying he couldn't breathe. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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