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NASCAR driver Daniel Dye has been suspended indefinitely by Kaulig Racing after an incident during a livestream that went viral for all the wrong reasons.
Dye was streaming on Whatnot while opening card packs and he spoke about IndyCar’s David Malukas, saying he had asked the driver if he races in ovals.
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“He was like, ‘Oh my gosh, yes, we race Indianapolis, love Indianapolis, and Roger Penske, I love Roger. Love you, Roger,'” Dye said.
Then, he added this: “As soon as I start doing a David Malukas ‘gay voice’ I get a gold so let’s keep it going.”
Of course that’s horrible and offensive.
Dye later apologized on social media with a lengthy statement posted on Tuesday night:
As ESPN reported about another incident:
This is the second time Dye has been suspended.
He was 18 and racing in the ARCA series when he was arrested at a Daytona Beach, Florida, high school and charged with felony battery for approaching a classmate and punching the student in the groin area. The victim was treated at a hospital for a potential ruptured testicle.
Dye said it was a game and that he would be exonerated. He was instead indefinitely suspended by ARCA, which is owned by NASCAR. Dye was reinstated when the charge was reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: What Daniel Dye said on livestream that got him suspended from NASCAR?
