Six Months Not Enough Time

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit.

Is six months enough time for Kyle Larson to return to the NASCAR Cup Series? I don’t think so.

It was April 13th when Larson let slip a racial slur during an iRacing event being streamed live. Within a couple days he’d lost his ride with Chip Ganassi and his sponsorships including McDonalds and Chevrolet.

But I don’t think six months is enough time to get the counseling and self-awareness help he clearly needs. Maybe Larson needs it more than most with his mixed ethnicity. His father is white and his mother Japanese American.

His career even benefited from diversity programs that opened doors for him.

I liked Kyle when he was in The Freak Nation. My disappointment was real last April.

At this time in history, some mea culpas and celebrity good wishes aren’t enough to cover the casualness of what he did. A return now would make NASCAR’s diversity efforts look amateurish.

Peace.