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CHARLOTTE, N. C. (AP) — NASCAR driver Daniel Dye was suspended Tuesday — the second known major penalty of his racing career — for mocking IndyCar driver David Malukas during a recent livestream.
In the video, which circulated Tuesday on social media, Dye used voices that made inferences about Malukas' sexuality. He mimicked Malukas' voice at one point. Dye is a Truck Series for driver Kaulig Racing, which also suspended him.
NASCAR ordered Dye to undergo sensitivity training. Dye apologized to Malukas in a social media post, calling his comments “careless. ” “I chose my words poorly and I understand why it upset people,” he wrote.
“I'm sorry to anyone who was offended. That's now I want to represent myself. “I have some close friends in the LBGT+ community who would never want to feel less of themselves because of what I said, and that's exactly why I should hold myself to a higher standard.
” He said conversations with those friends made him recognize that “a true friend would know better than to act the way I did. ” Malukas, a 24-year-old driver for Team Penske, often posts pictures on social media with a girlfriend. This is the second time Dye has been suspended.