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jmowreader

(50,552 posts)
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:25 PM Nov 2021

NASCAR does it right: driver Carson Ware indefinitely suspended for domestic violence

NASCAR press release:
https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2021/10/21/nascar-xfinity-series-penalty-report-carson-ware-indefinite-suspension/

NBC News reporting:
https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2021/10/20/nascar-suspends-carson-ware-after-arrest/

Salisbury Post reporting:
https://salisburypost.com/2021/10/21/rowan-sheriffs-office-releases-details-of-nascar-drivers-assault-at-coworkers-home/

According to NBC, the police came to the house where the 21-year-old Mr. Ware was staying and heard "loud banging" from inside. They looked through the window and noticed broken glass and clothes scattered across the floor.

According to the Salisbury Post, the homeowners - Ware was lodging in their house - report that Ware had gone out drinking all day. When he came home thoroughly intoxicated, the homeowners hid in their bedroom while he just trashed the place: the officers found broken wall art and paintings, a shattered bedroom door after he tried to break in, a destroyed doorframe and two destroyed flat-screen TVs.

He was charged with three misdemeanors: assault on a woman, simple assault and property damage.

NASCAR issued an indefinite suspension, which means he won't race in NASCAR at any level - there are quite a few - until he gets his act together. Since no sponsor wants to be associated with a driver like that, his racing days are almost assuredly over.

In happier NASCAR news, Xfinity Series (what used to be called Busch Series - it's one step down from the top Cup series) driver Daniel Hemric proves consistency is more important than checkered flags by winning the championship and his very first race at the same time.

https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2021/11/06/daniel-hemric-wins-first-national-series-race-en-route-to-xfinity-series-championship-at-phoenix/

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Celerity

(43,286 posts)
1. good start to his eventual MAGAteer congressional attempt, beating a woman shows RW initiative
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:31 PM
Nov 2021


getting banned allows him to play the inevitable white man victim card

jmowreader

(50,552 posts)
2. I think his dad will kill him if he tried
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:42 PM
Nov 2021

This individual drove for Rick Ware Racing, which is owned by his father. Rick Ware has to be ultra-embarrassed by his son and team getting this kind of publicity, so if he tries anything stupid like claiming victimhood his daddy will probably cart him twenty miles out of town, throw him out of the car and tell him not to come back.

tarheelsunc

(2,117 posts)
3. On another note, a driver who said the N word just a year and a half ago won the championship today
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 09:48 PM
Nov 2021

Between that and the obscene chanting at the races recently, I think I'm finally done with them.

MichMan

(11,901 posts)
4. Larson was immediately fired from his team and suspended by NASCAR for the entire 2020 season
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 11:51 PM
Nov 2021

What punishment do you think would have been appropriate ?

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
5. Reading the links - it was not domestic violence.
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 08:12 AM
Nov 2021

He was at a friend’s house and apparently attacked the friend’s wife, trashed their house.

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