MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- NASCAR announced it has banned the Confederate flag from its events earlier this week, however, there are questions regarding how the ban will be enforced.

What You Need To Know

  • Driver Bubba Wallace Jr. spoke up about fans not feeling comfortable with the Confederate flag on display at events

  • In 2015, NASCAR stopped using the flag and asked fans to exchange their Confederate flag for an American flag

  • No guidance has been given yet on how the new ban will be enforced

Known as Race City USA, Mooresville is also home to the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame and volunteer Joe Saleem has been a guide for the museum for years. If anyone knows the history and culture of NASCAR, it's Saleem. 

"I started my race car collection, my books, my race papers when I was 7 years old in 1958 in Connecticut," he said. "This is the love of my life and I'll never stop."

Charlotte Motor Speedway supports NASCAR's decision on Confederate flags. The organization also says it's waiting on guidance from NASCAR on how to implement the ban.

"With the climate that we're living in right now, I think somebody in NASCAR's position makes a wrong move and sponsors are going to go WHEEEEP," Saleem said.

The slogan the speedway founded upon in 1960 was "Charlotte Motor Speedway: It's for everyone. We will always strive to make our facility welcome to all fans."

However, one driver voiced that isn't the case for some fans across the U.S. Monday, the only black full-time driver for NASCAR, Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr., said he told the NASCAR president that fans tell him they feel uncomfortable when attending races and see the Confederate flag. Soon after that conversation, things changed. 

"Kudos to NASCAR. Hats off to everybody involved, for making this happen and pushing the envelope and pushing the message across if we want change, it starts with us," Wallace said.

This isn't the first time the sport has addressed controversy surrounding the flag. In 2015, NASCAR CEO Brian France tried to remove flags from the infield. It stopped using the flag in correlation with the sport and asked fans to exchange their Confederate flag for a free American flag. There weren't many takers on the offer.

It's clear the issue brings out emotions on both sides, but with longtime fans like Saleem, he just wants everyone to enjoy the races. 

"Some people are going to like it, some people are not. I'm just praying that it helps. That's my big thought," he said.