{"id":7229,"date":"2020-04-18T00:38:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T00:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=7229"},"modified":"2020-04-18T00:38:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T00:38:11","slug":"chip-ganassi-racing-fired-kyle-larson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/chip-ganassi-racing-fired-kyle-larson","title":{"rendered":"Chip Ganassi Racing Fired Kyle Larson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chip Ganassi Racing has chosen to fire Kyle Larson after the NASCAR driver used a racial slur while live streaming a virtual race.<\/p><\/div>\n

Kyle Larson has been fired as a result of racially unacceptable language during a virtual race live stream. Initially suspended by Ganassi Racing, it quickly became apparent that the team owner was being put into the decision of wither parting ways with Larson and terminating his contract or lose all his sponsors.<\/p>\n

Those sponsors include Chevrolet<\/a>, Credit One Bank and McDonald’s who were on the verge of pulling funding of his team which would result in the team going bankrupt and that put an end to Larson\u2019s time with Chip Ganassi Racing.<\/p>\n

Essentially, the decision was not on left in the hands of Ganassi and on Tuesday he called Larson to inform of his decision to terminate his contract, a move that was the only way to bring back stability to the organization. Commenting to The Associated Press<\/a> Ganassi said,<\/p>\n

\u201cI told Kyle he can come back from this; he can even come back from this with our team, but there really wasn’t any choice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The downfall of Larson with Chip Ganassi Racing<\/a> took less than two days, an unusual turn of efforts in a time when all sports are on hold as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Larson was due to become a free agent next year but watched from the sidelines as virtually all sponsors he has walking away and ultimately, most likely costing him an eight-figure salary.<\/p>\n

ESPN<\/strong><\/p>\n