Admin Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images NASCAR driver Kyle Larson has been indefinitely suspended by the series after he said the n-word during a sim racing stream over the weekend. It’s the latest example of how the pandemic-inspired shift to online racing is still resulting in real-world consequences for some drivers. Just last week, NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace lost a sponsor after he quit a sim race following a virtual crash. Larson was driving in a special event held Sunday in iRacing, a leading sim racing platform that has become one of the de facto places for drivers to compete in the absence of real-world events. He said the n-word on a public drivers’ channel while apparently trying to privately communicate with a friend. Larson apologized in a video message on... Continue reading… View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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