Faccinto
 

So what did Michael Faccinto say at Chili Bowl that made his team pull him out?

I was watching on RB, but totally missed that part....:11:

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He said the "N" word in the post race interview. Just not a good thing to do. Especially when you need funding from sponsors to do what you do. And according to the statement the RB announcer read, the sponsor pulled out.

Jerry

Oh did he say NASCAR.

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How? It just seems pretty unbelievable that this word was part of a post race interview.

I am solely transcribing this, and I will never condone the use of the word for any purpose.

Faccinto said "We were up to fifth or sixth there, and then Alex Bright ni**ered us pretty bad"

His sponsor was totally justified in yanking him from the Saturday night portion of the event.

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Thanks for the response. What a stupid thing to say. Even in the heat of the moment that is a stupid thing to say. He deserved to lose his ride.

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Thanks for the update. Unbelievable... out of all the words he could have used, he had to pick that one? Stoooo-pid :14:

I was watching at home wondering if I really heard it, I've never heard anything like it at a racing event.

There is a lot of times nowadays that I think folks are too thin skinned. Some of the stuff that offends people have me asking, if that’s all you have to worry about, then you must have too much time on your hands. However this was a extremely bad choice of words, and completely inappropriate. I read the apology from Faccinto and I believe it’s sincere. On this stage, you would sure think he would learn his lesson.

Did he make the statement during the post race interview or was it right after he got out of the car? His statement in particular is obviously never acceptable.
However, I really dont like that the on track reporters seem to just chase down drivers the moment they step out of the car. I dont understand why the reporters literally have on track access. They are not needed on the actual racing surface at all. Its also another person on the track to potentially get hurt. Sometimes after contact a driver is not going to have all of their wits about them and may say something they later wish they didnt.
Trey Marcham (i believe) obviously didn't want to talk to the reporter. He tried to avoid him twice, but the guy just kept at it.