Nascar Suspends Driver Daniel Dye After He Used 'gay Voice' On Livestream

NASCAR connected Tuesday indefinitely suspended Daniel Dye — a 2nd awesome punishment against nan young driver — aft he utilized what he called a "gay voice" to mock different racer during a livestream.

The 22-year-old Dye was opening trading cards arsenic different personification connected nan watercourse said IndyCar driver David Malukas "plays for nan different team," starring to nan offending, homophobic ridicule.

Dey responded successful what he called his "David Malukas cheery voice."

"It's for illustration 'Oh my gosh, we title Indianapolis. Love Indianapolis and Roger Penske, I emotion Roger, emotion you Roger,'" said Dye, heightening nan inflection of his sound and bobbing his caput successful mocking fashion.

Driver David Malukas astatine Phoenix Raceway connected March 6, 2026 successful Avondale, Ariz.Meg Oliphant / Getty Images

Those comments ran afoul of NASCAR rules that barroom members from making immoderate connection that “criticizes, ridicules, aliases different disparages different personification based upon that person’s race, color, creed, nationalist origin, gender, intersexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, aliases handicapping condition,” nan statement said.

Dye drives successful NASCAR's third-flight Craftsman Truck Series, a developmental level beneath nan apical Cup Series and second-flight O'Reilly Auto Parts Series.

He's successful 13th spot aft 3 starts successful this young season. Dye's Kaulig Racing besides suspended him.

Malukas, a 24-year-old boy of Lithuanian immigrants, races successful nan top-flight NTT IndyCar Series. He’s currently successful sixth place pinch a career-first pole and a brace of apical 10 finishes.

Dye apologized and admitted responsibility connected societal media.

“I chose my words poorly and I understand why it upset people,” Dye said successful a statement. “I’m sorry to anyone who was offended. That’s now I want to correspond myself."

Dye said he needs to beryllium "a amended friend" to nan community.

“I person immoderate adjacent friends successful nan LBGT+ organization who would ne'er want to consciousness little of themselves because of what I said, and that’s precisely why I should clasp myself to a higher standard," Dye continued. "In talking pinch them, I realized that a existent friend would cognize amended than to enactment nan measurement I did and for that I request to beryllium a amended friend.”

This is Dye's second awesome suspension. The 18-year-old was taken disconnected nan oval successful 2022 for allegedly punching a precocious schoolhouse classmate successful nan groin, starring to a felony complaint that was reduced to a misdemeanor earlier yet being dropped.