JOLIET, IL — A civil rights group plans to protest Sunday's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.

Terrance Alton Cox III, of Minority Youth Matters Movement, said his group will protest the lack of black NASCAR drivers, as well as police brutality and unjust incarceration. Cox said "blacks spend $1.3 trillion and there's only half of a black driver who's driving all three series."

"It's gone on for 68 years and it's got to stop," he said. Cox accused NASCAR of thwarting the careers of young black drivers by interfering with their attempts to secure sponsorships.

Cox said Hashim Nzinga, the chairman of the New Black Panther Party, will also attend the protest and that he will be joined by New Black Panther Party "troops." Messages left at telephone numbers listed on the New Black Panther Party's website were not returned.

Joliet Deputy Police Chief Ed Gregory said a small number from Cox's group showed up at last year's NASCAR race. Gregory also said the department was aware of Cox's plans for Sunday but that he did not know whether Chicagoland Speedway was going to allow the group on its property.

A message left for Chicagoland Speedway's public relations department was not returned.

Gregory said a plan was in place if there is a protest. "We have sufficient officers," Gregory said. "We have sufficient protection for all patrons" as well as for Cox's group.