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Some NASCAR fans defend flying Confederate flag

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Confederate flag with the snarling Iron Maiden logo in the center declared that the South will rise again.

Hanging from another side of John Wilson's tent, a black POW/MIA banner stirred in the barely-existent breeze on Friday afternoon at Daytona International Speedway.

An American flag had been tucked against the tent pole, and would go back on the hood of his buddy's truck once he returned.

Wilson said each one meant something to him, and he didn't much care what it means to anyone else.

"This is the United States of America.