First John Amaechi in the NBA, then....

...we've got a gay man in NASCAR. No folks, this is not a shameless reference to Jean Girard (in green on the right) from Talladaga Nights. It's Evan Darling, the first openly gay pro-racecar driver. From the article...

"I think it’s a pretty bold move, being an out pro racecar driver," he says in a phone interview with EDGE. "But every step we make, where we have people doing things that you don’t see a typical gay person doing, is a step in the right direction."

Remember this article from 2005? Well, it's 2007 now and we've got a gay NASCAR driver. We even have Gaytona.com, the website for gay Nascar fans.