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Sewa

(1,352 posts) Sat Jun 19, 2021, 02:27 PM Jun 2021

Valvoline is sponsoring Racist Kyle Larson race car

NASCAR driver Kyle Larson hasn’t had a major sponsor for his car this season, until this weekend. Larson’s car now has Valvoline as a sponsor.

Kyle Larson was suspended and lost his ride last year after saying the N-word during a nationally televised IRacing.

Here’s info of the incident that occurred last year.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nascar-star-kyle-larson-uses-racial-slur-during-virtual-race-n1182441

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Valvoline is sponsoring Racist Kyle Larson race car (Original Post) Sewa Jun 2021 OP

There are racists at NASCAR? C_U_L8R Jun 2021 #1

He screwed up. flotsam Jun 2021 #2

Exactly. Mopar151 Jun 2021 #3

C_U_L8R

(45,765 posts)

1. There are racists at NASCAR?

Reply to Sewa (Original post)

Sat Jun 19, 2021, 02:30 PM

Jun 2021

flotsam

(3,268 posts)

2. He screwed up.

Reply to Sewa (Original post)

Sat Jun 19, 2021, 02:51 PM

Jun 2021

It cost him his ride. He admitted he was wrong and apologized. He got a sponsor because he's second in points. Winning a lot of races covers a variety of sins...

Mopar151

(10,191 posts)

3. Exactly.

Reply to flotsam (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 19, 2021, 11:35 PM

Jun 2021

Anything but racist, used the wrong word and NASCAR did what petty tyrants do, to show us who's in charge.

Kyle Larson won big in open wheel racing, had fun.

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