NASCAR: Kyle Larson completes sensitivity training
By Asher Fair
Kyle Larson has completed the required sensitivity training which NASCAR mandated after he used the N-word on Easter Sunday.
Former Chip Ganassi Racing NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Larson has completed the required sensitivity training which NASCAR mandated after he used the N-word during a virtual NASCAR race on iRacing at Autodromo Nazionale Monza back on Sunday, April 12.
The day after using the racial slur, Larson was suspended indefinitely without pay by Chip Ganassi Racing before NASCAR upped his suspension and added sensitivity training.
With the 2020 season currently at a standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic, Larson still hasn’t actually missed any races.
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But that is set to change soon, as multiple sponsors cut ties with him in the fallout of the incident, forcing Chip Ganassi to move from suspending him to firing him.
2003 Cup Series champion Matt Kenseth was named his replacement for the remainder of the 2020 season, and he has been granted a playoff waiver to compete for the championship.
Larson is, however, set to get back behind the wheel of a race car for the first time since using this racial slur nearly four weeks ago. He is set to compete for his own Kyle Larson Racing in tonight’s World of Outlaws Invitational at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa.
Like NASCAR, the World of Outlaws had previously stated that Larson needed to complete sensitivity training to return to action, and a spokesman for the series stated that he met the requirements to get back behind the wheel.
NASCAR has not yet cleared him to return.
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Kyle Larson has yet to comment about the matter publicly following his firing. He did issue an apology video on social media after he was suspended on Monday, April 13.