Jefferson, South Dakota Races.

As mentioned in the previous post, Park Jefferson Speedway and The New Raceway Park held races over the weekend but without fans. The call was made to not have fans do to pressure from the community involving death threats towards the promoter. In my opinion, it was the right call to not have fans so the risk of an outbreak would be far smaller. Fans were still able to watch the dirt fly live on Speed Shift TV Saturday and Advantage Racing TV Sunday. Now the races itself was pretty good itself too. Brock Zearfoss from Jonestown, Pennsylvania took the win in the 410 Sprint car race Saturday night while Ricky Thornton Jr. of Adel, Iowa bested the field of IMCA Modifieds. Sunday night saw Anthony Clark from Omaha, Nebraska win the Sport Compact feature, Johnathon Logue from Logansport, Iowa win the Sports Mod, Sioux City, Iowa’s Craig Clift won the Hobby stock feature, Travis Barker out of Sioux City, Iowa won the Stock Car feature, and Ricky Thornton Jr. went back to back on the weekend besting the field of IMCA Modifieds.

Kyle Larson Fired.

Kyle Larson is a very well liked and respected race car driver. Some would say the 27 year old NASCAR phenom is only now entering the prime of his career after joining the cup series in 2014 when he won Rookie of the Year with Chip Ganassi Racing and has been with them ever since. Kyle came up through the racing ranks starting in a sprint car which is ran on dirt so that is where he has my respect from. With this whole pandemic going on all sporting events have came to a halt… including racing. There has been an alternative however to fuel the need for speed in “Iracing”, which is an online racing simulator game. In the latest online racing event, Larson was under the impression his mic wasn’t working and let out a racial slur comment. Well his mic was indeed working so the whole world heard him say “hey n****r” on live broadcast. Larson almost immediately lost his McDonald’s, Credit One Bank, Clover and Chevrolet sponsors. The sponsors will however continue to work with Chip Ganassi Racing. On April 14, 2020, Chip Ganassi Racing announced they are parting ways with Larson. Larson has made an apology video via Twitter and is required by NASCAR to take sensitivity training before he can return from his indefinite suspension.

Kyle Larson’s apology video.