(Alex Brandon | AP file photo) In this Feb. 16 photo, President Donald Trump speaks before the start of the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla. NASCAR’s layered relationship with Trump took a sharp turn Monday, when Trump blasted the series for banning the Confederate flag and wrongly accused the sport’s only full-time Black driver of perpetrating “a hoax” when a crew member found a noose in the team garage stall.