Nascar team Chip Ganassi Racing sacked Larson on April 14, 2020, a day after sponsors fled the star driver over his use of a racial slur during a live streamed virtual race. — AFP
Nascar drivers are facing real-world consequences for their conduct during video-game races, a byproduct of a new sports-media landscape where athletes are competing on open microphones from home.
Driver Kyle Larson was fired Tuesday from Chip Ganassi Racing after he used a racial slur during a digital race over the weekend. It comes one week after Bubba Wallace lost a sponsor when he abandoned an eNascar event in the middle of the race, a move called “rage quitting” in gaming parlance.
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