It is an image, a perception, that NASCAR just can't shake. Try as it might - and, officially, it is trying - NASCAR is viewed by many as a "good ol' boy" sport with a racist underbelly.

Maybe it's the sport's Southern roots. Maybe it's the demographics.

Blacks are few and far between at NASCAR races, whether it be in the stands, the garages, the grid - yes, even the press box.

Go to Daytona or Talladega and Confederate flags abound. African-American fans, far ...

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