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NASCAR boss resigns amid backlash over texts

NASCAR commissioner Steve Phelps announced his resignation after more than 20 years with the top racing series in the U.S. and a nasty federal trial in which inflammatory texts he sent during contentious revenue sharing negotiations were revealed.

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NASCAR boss resigns amid backlash over texts

NASCAR commissioner Steve Phelps announced his resignation after more than 20 years with the top racing series in the U.S. and a nasty federal trial in which inflammatory texts he sent during contentious revenue sharing negotiations were revealed.

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This isn't a surprise. There was bunch of private emails that came out during the Court hearing that was more than Richard Childress. The emails gave NASCAR a bad image and someone from NASCAR management had to leave due to those private emails.

 

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4th update. Stewart Friesen is now out for rest of the NASCAR season as expected. How his Truck series ride is being handled is Christopher Bell will be in the 52 at Watkins Glen and Kaden Honeycutt will take over the ride for rest of the season.

Also Stewart Friesen is now out of Hospital after 9 days according to his twitter account. The procedures to reconstruct his shattered pelvis and his right leg tibia and fibula went smoothly. Stewart Friesen has some extra plates, screws, rods, and pins as well as a fractured C7 and fractured left hip.

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There is a recent update on him today. Stewart Friesen in an interview with Sirus XM Radio said will be racing in the truck series this year. He said his recovery is doing very well and is anticipating to race at Daytona next month.

 

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Brad Keslowski is going miss the Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium on February 1st due to his broken right femur and Corey Lajoie will be his replacement driver for the event.

 

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NASCAR is going to announce a new Championship format on Monday, January 12th at 3:30 p.m. eastern time.