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WaPo: NASCAR driver Kyle Larson uses racial slur during iRacing live stream on Twitch

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WaPo is reporting that during a Twitch live stream, NASCAR driver Kyle Larson used the n-word:



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April 13, 2020

Apparently unaware that his voice would be heard, NASCAR driver Kyle Larson used the n-word during a Twitch live stream of an iRacing video game Sunday night.

During the live stream, which featured other NASCAR drivers and could be viewed by the public, Larson asked, "You can't hear me?" Then he said, "Hey, [n-word]."

Other drivers told Larson that his voice could be heard by all,

"Kyle, you're talking to everyone, bud," Xfinity driver Anthony Alfredo said, per Alex Andrejev of the Charlotte Observer.

"Yep, we heard that," iRacing driver Aron MacEachern said.

"Yikes," IndyCar driver Conor Daly said.

Neither Larson, Chip Ganassi Racing nor NASCAR have yet to comment.

Larson, 27, has six wins since his first race in NASCAR's top series in 2013, and he finished sixth in last year's Cup Series standings. His mother is Japanese-American, and Larson climbed through stock-car racing's ranks via NASCAR's "Drive for Diversity" program.

With NASCAR racing on hiatus because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, its drivers have been competing against one another remotely via iRacing, a simulation video game that mimics the real deal.
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