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  • Red Flag (NASCAR & Stars n Bars)

    10/10/2006 11:40:17 AM PDT · by Texas2step · 85 replies · 1,211+ views
    Yahoo ^ | 10/10/06 | Dan Wetzel
    October 9, 2006 2:58 am EDTRed flagBy Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! SportsSide-by-side at Talladega. (Getty Images) TALLADEGA, Ala. – Over the rolling Alabama hills, the soft autumn breeze still whistles through Dixie, finding a legendary track on race week and a sea of flags to push and pull – American flags, driver flags and the flag that remains the third rail of NASCAR, the Confederate. In America, a NASCAR race is the last major sporting event where the Stars and Bars is still so prevalent, still so prominent, and while the debate over whether the flag's presence is appropriate isn't...