Chip Ganassi Racing has fired Kyle Larson after the driver was caught using a racial slur during a live-streamed virtual racing event Sunday night.
The team on Monday suspended Larson without pay, but Tuesday issued a statement saying it was "ending its relationship" with Larson, who was in the final year of his contract.
Larson was heard saying "you can't hear me? Hey, n----r" while chatting to other participants during the race.
Major sponsors of Larson's #42 car, McDonald's, Credit One and Clover had previously announced they were severing ties with the 27-year-old.
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18 comments:
He should run for governor of Virginia.
they call each other that slur daily
but us white guys are punished for it
Slang... it’s not even derogatory anymore. Funny the major leaguer that challenged him to a fight uses it 50 times a day like a rapper and no one cares. Double standards galore.
Funny how blacks can use that word all the time and no one dares bat an eye at it but the moment a white person says it everyone goes bat shit crazy and wants to eradicate that person from this earth. This guy's career is over because he said a "bad" word. Wah, go find your safe space.
Too bad there is a double standard when it comes to this word. No big deal for some to use it on a daily basis but a white guy gets fired for using it. Just plain wrong.
THIS POLITICALLY CORRECT BULLSHIT HAS GONE TOO FAR.
Damn crackers!
21st Century. Sticks and Stones.
Freedom of speech he should sue
The baseball player that challenged him to a fight is the very definition of the word he used. This has to stop. I cant understand how corporate America is so worried about 13% of the population that has very little economic clout yet causes 90% of the problems in the USA.
thats BS - it comes down to if you are a white make Christian - you are screwed. Keep letting the libtards run this country.
823 you guys show you don't think so good. He has the freedom to say and do what he wants on his own time and on his own dime. That doesn't mean he can do it while being a rep for a company.
NASCAR will go bankrupt anyways. They were already hurting. They have to give away tickets for people to attend.
What a freakin idiot.
He should write his thoughts on walls at Salisbury University and challenge them if anything is done because a precedent of non action was set this past winter.
Anonymous said...
The baseball player that challenged him to a fight is the very definition of the word he used. This has to stop. I cant understand how corporate America is so worried about 13% of the population that has very little economic clout yet causes 90% of the problems in the USA.
April 16, 2020 at 9:28 AM
HUH?? What are you talking about?
Anonymous said...
What a freakin idiot.
April 16, 2020 at 3:01 PM
Why??
Let me guess... You never used the word??
Using that word at all is reprehensible, by anyone. Just because some may get away with it is no reason to use it, and he should suffer the consequences.
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