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NASCAR Chairman Wants Confederate Flag Eliminated at All Races

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thinkstock 6.28.15 nascar?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1435498975076Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images(DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.) — The head of NASCAR said on Saturday the organization will be “aggressive as possible” in disassociate itself with the Confederate flag.

“NASCAR will maintain its long-standing policy preventing the use of the Confederate Flag in any official position at our events,” NASCAR chairman Brian France said in a statement. “In all areas that NASCAR controls on a given race weekend, the flag has no presence.

NASCAR earlier last week backed South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s call to remove the Confederate flag from state capitol grounds.

“We have been clear in support of this position throughout our industry and to those across the country who have called for the eradication of the Confederate Flag,” he said.

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