[Jonah Hex]

It's not bogus. (It's local to me.)

Several track stewards resigned yesterday in protest.

[Jonah Hex]

(Here's an excerpt from the local rag (which shall go unnamed))

HAMPTON -- Seven officials at Langley Speedway resigned on Friday, a day after track officials threatened to disqualify a driver after he refused to take down an American flag he was flying on his hauler.

Bryan Bowyer, the track's chief steward, confirmed that he and six other track officials quit Friday, protesting track owner Dwight Schaubach's policy against flying flags in the infield.

"I told Brink Nelms (Langley's general manager) that I could not agree with a ban on the American flag in the infield," Bowyer said. "That's why I and the others quit. It's a matter of respect for the American flag."