Confederate flags were displayed outside Talladega Motor Speedway on Sunday before the GEICO 500 NASCAR race was postponed until Monday due to rain. Cars and pickup…
Confederate flags were displayed outside Talladega Motor Speedway on Sunday before the GEICO 500 NASCAR race was postponed until Monday due to rain.
Cars and pickup trucks drove along nearby roads flying the Confederate flag and paraded past the entrance in Lincoln, Alabama, located in the heart of the South. A small plane flew overhead was captured carrying a banner with the flag and the words “Defund NASCAR.”
While NASCAR didn’t acknowledge the Confederate flag on Sunday following its decision to ban them, executive vice president Steve O’Donnell appeared to slam the display on Twitter.
“You won’t see a photo of a jackass flying a flag over the track here…but you will see this… Hope EVERYONE enjoys the race today,” he wrote.
Rapper Ice Cube also responded on the social media platform after hearing of the plane flying the flag.
