{"id":544792,"date":"2026-03-18T15:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/544792\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:49:17","slug":"nascar-suspends-daniel-dye-over-livestream-mocking-indycar-racer-nbc-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/544792\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR suspends Daniel Dye over livestream mocking IndyCar racer \u2013 NBC Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASCAR<\/a>\u00a0driver\u00a0Daniel Dye\u00a0was indefinitely suspended Tuesday<\/a> \u2014 the second known major penalty of his racing career \u2014 for mocking IndyCar driver David Malukas during a recent\u00a0livestream.<\/a><\/p>\n

In the video, which circulated Tuesday on social media, Dye was on a livestream opening trading card packs and recalled speaking with Malukas in February at the IndyCar Firestone Grand Prix in St. Petersburg. Dye said he asked Malukas if he “races on any ovals.”<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s like, \u2018Oh my gosh, yas, we race Indianapolis, too. Love Indianapolis. And Roger Penske. I love Roger. Love you, Roger!\u2019\u201d Dye said, using voices that made inferences about Malukas’ sexuality. “As soon as I start doing a David Malukas ‘gay voice’ I get a gold so let’s keep it going.”<\/p>\n

Dye apologized to Malukas in a social media post,<\/a>\u00a0calling his comments \u201ccareless.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI chose my words poorly and I understand why it upset people,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI’m sorry to anyone who was offended. That’s now I want to represent myself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said conversations with those friends made him recognize that \u201ca true friend would know better than to act the way I did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Malukas, a 24-year-old driver for Team Penske, often posts pictures on social media with a girlfriend.<\/p>\n

Dye is a Truck Series driver for Kaulig Racing, which also suspended him. NASCAR ordered Dye to undergo sensitivity training.<\/p>\n

This is the second time Dye has been suspended.<\/p>\n

He was 18 and racing in the ARCA series when he was arrested at a Dayona Beach, Florida, high school and charged with felony battery for approaching a classmate and punching the student in the groin area.<\/p>\n

The victim was treated at a hospital for a potential ruptured testicle.<\/p>\n

Dye said it was a game and he’d be exonerated.<\/p>\n

He was instead indefinitely suspended by ARCA, a lower-tier series owned by NASCAR. Dye was reinstated when the charge was reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n

Dye in his third full season of racing in the Truck Series. He moved to Kaulig Racing this year to drive for Ram in the automaker’s return to NASCAR competition. Through three races, his best finish is 13th at Atlanta.<\/p>\n

Dye raced at St. Petersburg, Florida, in the Truck Series when NASCAR partnered its third-tier series with IndyCar’s season opener. Malukas made his Team Penske debut that same weekend.<\/p>\n

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