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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKyle Larson appears to use racial slur on NASCAR iRacing live stream
MSN SportsApparently not realizing his volume was on during the online simulation bout, Larson seemed to say to others on the stream, "You can't hear me? Hey, n*****."
There was a stunned silence afterward before Anthony Alfredo responded, "Kyle, you're talking to everyone, bud."
Added Aron MacEachern: "Yup, we heard that."
Said host of the viral stream, Justin Botelho: "Oh damn, he did not just say that."
safeinOhio
(32,641 posts)LastPlaceRacing team.
Paladin
(28,243 posts)safeinOhio
(32,641 posts)LastPlaceRacing #1 car, the MAGA Yugo.
kysrsoze
(6,019 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,104 posts)This will make the companies scramble to put in 8 second filters.
degage
(103 posts)NASCAR is huge in the South and its fan base is overwhelmingly made up of white males. No one should be shocked that there are racists in NASCAR. This guy may be penalized somehow. I don't know how big a draw he is for NASCAR and how much money he helps generate. That's what will determine if he's thrown out completely or just has to make lots of apologies - the money. It's not like the fan base cares about what he said.
Norbert
(6,038 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 13, 2020, 12:33 PM - Edit history (1)
Larson is a talented driver but has shown himself to be incredibly stupid.
MineralMan
(146,262 posts)A man who frequently uses it in private, though, will one day say it loudly where all can hear.
That is truth.
safeinOhio
(32,641 posts)forever be called the Trailer Trash Driver.
malaise
(268,721 posts)Aristus
(66,294 posts)but "You shouldn't say that when other people can hear it."
Maru Kitteh
(28,323 posts)We can't just state the simple truth? He said it?
Norbert
(6,038 posts)Chainfire
(17,474 posts)his comment will be viewed negatively by the vast majority of NASCAR fans?
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)"right-wing talking points" when cataloguing various usages of ethnic slurs. Until everybody decides
that everyone should be held to account I'll just sit here quietly doing my thing, which is to NOT BE A
RACIST in word or deed.
a kennedy
(29,618 posts)Larson, 27, is half Japanese and is the only driver of Japanese descent to win a major NASCAR race.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2020/04/13/kyle-larson-nascar-racer-uses-racial-slur-during-virtual-race/2981082001/
a kennedy
(29,618 posts)House of Roberts
(5,167 posts)They are also a NASCAR Series sponsor as the 'Official Credit Card of NASCAR'.
I wonder how they are going to react to this.