Nascar suspends Kyle Larson after driver uses n-word during virtual race

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Nascar suspends Kyle Larson after driver uses n-word during virtual race

  • 27-year-old used racial slur during live online broadcast
  • Driver posts apology on social media for outburst

Kyle Larson has been suspended without pay by both Nascar and his team, Chip Ganassi Racing, after using a racial slur during an esports event on Sunday.

Larson is currently seventh in the drivers’ championship. But with racing across the world suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic, he was taking part in an online competition called Monza Madness, organised by fellow driver Landon Cassill on Sunday night.

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