NASCAR suspends another driver over social media post
By Asher Fair
NASCAR has suspended Truck Series team owner and driver Josh Reaume due to a violation of the behavioral policy pertaining to social media.
Reaume Brothers Racing Truck Series team owner and driver Josh Reaume has been suspended indefinitely by NASCAR for violating Sections 12.1 and 12.8.1.e of the NASCAR Rule Book in a recent social media post.
Violating section 12.8.1.e of the rulebook involves making any “public statement and/or communication that criticizes, ridicules, or otherwise disparages another person based upon that person’s race, color, creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, or handicapping condition.”
NASCAR officials did not reveal the content of the post made by the 30-year-old Redlands, California native which resulted in this suspension.
But Reaume shared the following message on Twitter.
Reaume competed in 12 of the 23 races on this year’s Truck Series schedule, all behind the wheel of a Reaume Brothers Racing truck. His season-best result was his 17th place finish at Michigan International Speedway back in August behind the wheel of the #00 Toyota.
He drove the #00 Toyota in seven races, the #33 Toyota in four races and the #00 Chevrolet in the season finale at Phoenix Raceway. He withdrew his #34 Toyota from the season opener at Daytona International Speedway.
Other than Reaume, a total of 14 drivers competed for Reaume Brothers Racing at some point throughout the 2020 season.
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Those drivers included Angela Ruch, Dawson Cram, Ryan Huff, Bobby Kennedy, J.J. Yeley, Kyle Donahue, Josh Bilicki, Jason White, Jesse Iwuji, Gray Gaulding, Bryant Barnhill, Akinori Ogata, Bryan Collyer and B.J. McLeod. White’s 10th place finish in the season opener was the team’s best result of the season.
Reaume also competed in two Xfinity Series races this past season, marking his first appearance in the series since 2018. He competed for Mike Harmon Racing at Kansas Speedway and RSS Racing at Martinsville Speedway toward the end of the season.
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Mike Wallace, who competed in the sport for the first time since 2015 this year in three Xfinity Series races for JR Motorsports, was also suspended indefinitely earlier this season for a similar reason and required to attend sensitivity training in order to be reinstated. He has not yet been reinstated.