Daniel Dye indefinitely suspended for mocking David Malukas with homophobic voice
Daniel Dye, 22, has been indefinitely suspended by NASCAR and can be required to bear sensitivity coaching if he hopes to get again behind the wheel. Kaulig Racing has additionally indefinitely suspended Dye from the group, “effective immediately after becoming aware today of comments he made on social media.”
Dye was competing full-time within the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series as a part of Kaulig Racing’s new Ram Truck program this yr, driving the #10 Ram 1500. He sits thirteenth in factors after finishes of seventeenth, thirteenth, and seventeenth to open the 2026 season. He was additionally making some NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series appearances with Am Racing early within the yr.
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What occurred
Live-streaming on Whatnot (a web-based market the place sellers host reside rapid-fire video auctions and promote gadgets), Dye was dealing with some buying and selling playing cards when he began speaking about assembly IndyCar driver David Malukas whereas doing promotional materials for the NASCAR Truck/IndyCar doubleheader at St. Petersburg. Others within the stream included NASCAR O’Reilly Series driver Brent Crews, and Crews’ stepfather, Matt Lankford.
Dye admitted to not understanding a lot concerning the Team Penske driver, and Dye recalled asking Malukas if he raced on any ovals.
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“He was distraught I asked him that question,” stated Dye, who then started to mock Malukas with a homophobic voice as he defined what Malukas stated in response. Crews walked away throughout this portion of the video and was not topic to any disciplinary motion from NASCAR.
Malukas has not but publicly commented on the scenario.
Before becoming a member of Ram for his return to NASCAR, Dye was competing full-time within the NASCAR O’Reilly Series, the place he has 48 profession begins and a greatest end of seventh. The majority of these begins got here with Kaulig as effectively. Dye additionally has 49 Truck begins and was making an attempt to participate in his third full-time season there earlier than this suspension. He completed as excessive as second at Nashville in 2024, and ended that yr tenth in factors. His different notable profession second got here in ARCA, successful on the Berlin quick observe in the course of the 2021 season.
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