NASCAR on Tuesday indefinitely suspended Daniel Dye — a second major penalty against the young driver — after he used what he called a “gay voice” to mock another racer during a livestream.
The 22-year-old Dye was opening trading cards as another person on the stream said IndyCar driver David Malukas “plays for the other team,” leading to the offending, homophobic ridicule.
Dey responded in what he called his “David Malukas gay voice.”
“It’s like ‘Oh my gosh, we race Indianapolis. Love Indianapolis and Roger Penske, I love Roger, love you Roger,'” said Dye, heightening the inflection of his voice and bobbing his head in mocking fashion.
Driver David Malukas at Phoenix Raceway on March 6, 2026 in Avondale, Ariz.Meg Oliphant / Getty ImagesThose comments ran afoul of NASCAR rules that bar members from making any statement that “criticizes, ridicules, or otherwise disparages another person based upon that person’s race, color, creed,
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