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The National Association for Minority Race Fans canceled a protest planned for Sunday's EA Sports 500 NASCAR race after track officials and police expressed concerns about security.
''Our whole focus is to make NASCAR races a safer environment for minority fans,'' Jirard Brown, director of the minority fans group, said Saturday.
Instead of protesting, Brown said the organization's leaders will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. Sunday on the grounds of the state-owned International Motor Sports Hall of Fame adjacent to Talladega Superspeedway to outline future plans.
The group had sent a letter to the state asking to be able to hold a peaceful demonstration at Talladega, prompting track officials to meet with highway patrol and sheriff's department representatives to determine a site.
The group had been told it could protest in a field about a quarter of a mile from the track's main entrance.
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