Whiteness and the Black Fan Imagination: Making Meaning of Whiteness within the Geographies of NASCAR

This article places its attention on how the spatial boundaries, practices, and separations—as structured by whiteness—impact contestation negotiation of meaning-making processes in production consumption NASCAR space(s) for Black fans. It was through that vantage point participants demonstrated a nuanced understanding whiteness, particularly an awareness as White space, to effectively navigate such contextualization more recent enactments whiteness within these spaces. To explore define individuals’ racialized experiences movements fans from their perspective, this uses qualitative approach grounded narrative inquiry. Thus, findings demonstrate make meaning geographies NASCAR, which advances theoretical understandings is perceived represented imagination. Informed Southern regional identity navigation representations exclusive, fearful, possessive are made salient NASCAR’s attachment cultural values.