[QUOTE=hoosier race fan;502753]Free speech protects you from government censorship or legal consequences. It is not a protection from consequences enforced by an employer or association you voluntarily elect to be a member of, or participate with. Criticize your employer or the company you work for in any line of work and see how long you keep that job. Most companies would sever all ties with someone criticizing them or one of their contracted facilities after repeated social media outbursts. Personally, I think being suspended the rest of the year after doing this for the third year in a row is letting him off easy.
If he is not allowed, or chooses not to race with USAC in the future, he can find plenty of races with MSCS, WAR, BOSS, MTS, etc. Maybe heading back west is an option also.[/QUOTE

I'm fully aware that the legal concept of freedom of speech applies to the government & not employers. I'm not arguing that USAC doesn't have the legal right to suspend him. I'm saying its a crappy thing to do & they shouldn't do it. Non wing racing is what he does for a living, & he's damn good at it, puts fans in the seats & risks his life doing it. Do you think he'll be willing to swallow his pride & crawl back next year? He may not be any good at winged cars, & USAC is the big cheese for nonwing. Of course he shot off his mouth too many times... let the punishment fit the crime.... this was way too much IMHO