NASCAR Will Let You Trade Your Confederate Flag For An American Flag At Daytona Over Fourth Of July Weekend

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NASCAR has already previously spoken out against the Confederate flag, and star drivers like Dale Earnhardt Jr. have voiced their displeasure as well. And now the sport is taking it one step further, allowing fans to trade their flags in for shiny new American flags at Daytona over the weekend.

Via Dustin Long of NBC Sports:

“I think the goal of any NASCAR event, and specifically Daytona, we want to be inclusive to everyone,” Joie Chitwood, president of Daytona International Speedway, said Tuesday. “The last thing you want is for anyone to come to a sporting event and really not enjoy that experience because of symbols that really represent things that we’re not proud of.

“For us, we’re celebrating the American Flag this weekend. It’s our nation’s birthday. We’re going to have a flag exchange opportunity. So fans who would like to fly the American Flag, we’ll trade with you on whatever flag you have. We want you to celebrate that flag this weekend.

“Going forward, (we) really have to look at where that other flag goes because it doesn’t have a place in our sport. We’ve got to take a thoughtful process on how we get to that point.”

Chitwood went on to say that the sport wouldn’t be banning the flag at Daytona, but officials would explore changing the policy in the future.

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