NASCAR is moving away from the controversial “Let’s Go to Brandon” slogan, which was used to criticize the president Joe Biden.
NASCAR President Steve Phelps announced the decision on November 5th, stating that the racing series did not want to be “left or right.” He also announced that NASCAR will take legal action against those who use its trademarks on goods including slogans.
Phelps said: “We will hunt down anyone (using the logo) and get these things.” “That won’t work. You are not allowed to use our trademark illegally, regardless of whether we agree with this position.”
This sentence originated in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 300 race in October, where driver Brandon Brown won his first NASCAR race. When Brown was interviewed, the crowd at the event started chanting “F*** Joe Biden” National Broadcasting Corporation Sports reporter Kelly Stavast. Then she told the racers in the interview that they were chanting “Let’s go to Brandon”, cheering for his victory. Stavast was wearing headphones, wondering if she could hear the real singing.
“This is an unfortunate situation, I feel sorry for Brandon, and I feel sorry for Kelly. I think unfortunately, this shows how we are as a country,” Phelps said.
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Retired baseball star Lenny Dykstra posted a photo Twitter This week, a man was eating breakfast at a hotel in New Jersey, wearing a black “Let’s Go, Brandon” shirt and NASCAR trademark color bars.
This is a reversal of NASCAR’s long history of allowing political candidates to use their race as a campaign stop.President Donald Trump It was the honorary debut of the Tona 500 in the 2020s, and the sold-out audience in February made the NASCAR Super Bowl feel like a campaign rally until his plane flew over the Florida circuit after he issued the command to start the engine.
The drivers and their families took photos with Trump before the race. In early 2016, the defending Cup champion Chase Elliott was one of the few drivers to participate in the Georgia rally. At the time, NASCAR Chairman Brian · France (Brian France) supports Trump. Some people in the group, including NASCAR’s most popular drivers, spoke on stage.
In 2020, NASCAR also took a radical stance on social justice issues during the 2020 National Racial Reconciliation. George FreudAt the request of Bubba Wallace, its only full-time black driver, NASCAR banned the display of the Confederate flag in its races.Wallace wore a “I can’t breathe” shirt in the tunnel with Black people’s fate is also fate The paint scheme for a game.
Phelps said NASCAR respects the Office of the President.
“Do we like the fact that it started with NASCAR and then progressed elsewhere? No, we are not satisfied with it,” Phelps said.
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