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NASCAR Xfinity Driver Conor Daly Loses Sponsorship over Father's Racial Slur
Bleacher Report ^ | AUGUST 24, 2018 | TIM DANIELS

Posted on 08/25/2018 3:19:39 AM PDT by mabarker1

NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Conor Daly lost his sponsorship deal with Lilly Diabetes for Saturday's Johnsonville 180 race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, because of a racial slur his father, Derek Daly, used during a radio interview in the 1980s that surfaced this week.

According to ESPN, Daly's dad said he accidentally used a slur for African Americans because it had a different meaning in his native Ireland, and he hasn't used it since.

"Unfortunately, the comments that surfaced this week by Derek Daly distract from this focus, so we have made the decision that Lilly Diabetes will no longer run the No. 6 at Road America this weekend," the company said in a statement Friday.

Derek Daly, who said he was "mortified" by his use of the derogatory term, was a Formula One and CART competitor during his own racing career and also took part in three editions of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

"Finally, I want everyone to know I deeply regret and sincerely apologize for what I said more than three decades ago," he said, per ESPN.

The younger Daly posted a message on Twitter about the situation.

Daly, who's spent a majority of the previous two years racing in the IndyCar Series, is set to make his Xfinity Series debut this week in Wisconsin.

Lilly Diabetes will still sponsor Ty Majeski and Ryan Reed for Saturday's race.


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KEYWORDS: conordaly; nascar; pcgarbage; virtuesignalling
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This PC Garbage has gotten out of control !!!

The comment was made BEFORE Conor Daly WAS EVEN CONCIVED MUCH LESS BORN !!!

Does this mean that EVERYONE on Earth is going to suffer because 77 years ago Grampa said something?!¿¡.

If that's the case then NOBODY IS SAFE, NOBODY, FOREVER, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME...

1 posted on 08/25/2018 3:19:40 AM PDT by mabarker1
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From Conor Daly Twitter: Conor Daly ✔ @ConorDaly22 The last 24hrs have been quite an unnecessarily difficult ride for my family. There is A LOT I want to say... but I’m still here and still racing. I appreciate the support from @roushfenway and ALL of you. @LillyDiabetes has been a big part of my career and Im very thankful. #6 7:57 PM - Aug 24, 2018 2,945 564 people are talking about this
2 posted on 08/25/2018 3:22:14 AM PDT by mabarker1 (congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: Chode; nascarnation; SgtBob; McGruff; umgud; al baby; The_Sword_of_Groo; ican'tbelieveit; ...

STUPID pc PING...


3 posted on 08/25/2018 3:24:22 AM PDT by mabarker1 (congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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Daly's dad said he accidentally used a slur for African Americans because it had a different meaning in his native Ireland

Political correctness gone mad.

4 posted on 08/25/2018 3:26:52 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: mabarker1

I agree.

This is quite excessive. PC is dangerous.

We as a society, really need to start to oppose it.

It is everything against, free speech and openness.

This is completely wrong.


5 posted on 08/25/2018 3:29:16 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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The race pimps have a power and they are intoxicated with joy to use it.


6 posted on 08/25/2018 3:30:05 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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What if the Social Justice Warriors found out about the stance taken by the Democrat Party on race issues? It's not just that they were the party of slavery until 1865; they were the party of racism right up through the https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/may/25/michael-steele/steele-says-gop-fought-hard-civil-rights-bills-196/ 1964 Civil Rights Act.


7 posted on 08/25/2018 3:32:16 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Lilly Diabetes has pulled its sponsorship of Conor Daly’s No. 6 car in the NASCAR Xfinity race at Road America, citing a racially insensitive remark made by the driver’s father in the 1980s that surfaced this week.

Lilly said in a statement Friday that its sponsorship was intended to raise awareness for treatment options and resources for people living with diabetes.

“Unfortunately, the comments that surfaced this week by Derek Daly distract from this focus, so we have made the decision that Lilly Diabetes will no longer run the No. 6 at Road America this weekend,” Lilly said.

Primarily an IndyCar driver, Conor Daly is making his NASCAR debut at the rural Wisconsin road course Saturday with Roush Fenway Racing.

“The last (24 hours) have been quite an unnecessarily difficult ride for my family. There is A LOT I want to say ... but I’m still here and still racing,’’ Daly wrote on Twitter on Friday night.

In a statement, Derek Daly said he admitted to using a racial slur for African-Americans during a radio interview in the early 1980s. Daly, who had just moved to the United States then, said the term had a different meaning and connotation in his native Ireland. Daly is a former CART and Formula One driver.

Daly said he was “mortified” when he learned how the term was used in the United States and has never used it since then. Conor Daly, 26, wasn’t born when his father made the comment.

“Finally, I want everyone to know I deeply regret and sincerely apologize for what I said more than three decades ago,” the elder Daly said in his statement.

Lilly Diabetes is still sponsoring the cars of drivers Ty Majeski and Ryan Reed at Road America.

“We remain committed to our mission of supporting people with diabetes,” Lilly said.

The racial slur also led to the retirement of longtime Indianapolis Colts radio voice Bob Lamey last weekend.

Sunday, the Colts announced Lamey was abruptly retiring, quoting him saying, “It’s time.” Tuesday night, WTHR reported that Lamey had told a story after a radio interview at Colts training camp that included a racial slur. The comment was overheard by a radio station employee.

“Bob Lamey’s describing this person saying he was asked in an interview, ‘Do you think anyone’s holding back their speed at IMS during quals? Do you think anyone’s holding back?’” the employee said. “And that person had replied ‘There aren’t any “blank” in this race.’”

The employee said Lamey didn’t say “blank” in retelling that story. The employee said Lamey apologized profusely after the incident.

Lamey’s lawyer later acknowledged that Lamey had used an “inappropriate word.”

Wednesday, the Colts acknowledged Lamey’s retirement was due to his use of the racial slur.

WISH-TV said Daly, a freelance racing analyst, was the source of the slur. Daly denies he was the person being interviewed by Lamey but acknowledges using the word


8 posted on 08/25/2018 3:36:03 AM PDT by mabarker1 (congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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This is really unfair. He didn’t say it and happened decades ago.

How did the company find out, btw? A little backstabbing by someone else who wanted to be the spokesperson after Daly mentioned the anecdote years ago?


9 posted on 08/25/2018 3:38:39 AM PDT by proud American in Canada
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If it’s the word I think it is then it wasn’t used as a derogatory term in the UK at the time. Their argument would only hold water if he said it recently, which the PC morons damn well know he didn’t.

So now were all responsible for what other people say? In a way that’s a good thing because we now have a solid example of how out of control PC fascism is.


10 posted on 08/25/2018 3:39:09 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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Perfect example of the sins of the father being visited on the son ...


11 posted on 08/25/2018 3:39:18 AM PDT by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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I agree.

Bookmark added for this.


12 posted on 08/25/2018 3:43:39 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: mabarker1

This is beyond stupid. Lilly Diabetes needs to get some attention and lost business. If they want to play Sins of the Father, then they should pay a price.


13 posted on 08/25/2018 3:45:50 AM PDT by Truth29
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I’m rooting around trying to find the “source cause” AKA WHO started this round of pc crap.


14 posted on 08/25/2018 3:54:13 AM PDT by mabarker1 (congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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Have at 'em Folks
15 posted on 08/25/2018 4:00:08 AM PDT by mabarker1 (congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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The word and context, as used back in the 80s was NOT RACIST bir meant to spurn black people. It was Irish slang from whence he, an immigrant, used often. Once he understood the word was loaded, in the 80s, he apologized and never used it again.

Here’s the story as it unfolded -
So last week Bob Lamey, a longtime Indianapolis Colts game caller retired suddenly. Local news dug in and discovered he used the “n-word” (gasp) in a private discussion with some other Colts employees while retelling of an interview from back in the 80s where somebody used the “n-word”. This upset some snowflakes in the office and they threatened to turn it into a major case so he resigned/retired.
The Colts later come out and condemn his use of the word.
Wish-TV digs in further and finds the radio interview - in the 80s - where he said “”I responded by explaining that I was a foreign driver now in America, driving for an American team, with an American crew, and with an American sponsor – and that if things did not go well, the only ‘n-word in the wood pile’ would be me.”
WishTV promptly condemns Derek Daly and announces they will no longer work with him (for a 30+ year old remark not used in a racist context)
And the whole city goes bonkers.


16 posted on 08/25/2018 4:05:04 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: mabarker1

Thank you.


17 posted on 08/25/2018 4:05:46 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

What was the word in question?


18 posted on 08/25/2018 4:08:48 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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The race pimps have a power and they are intoxicated with joy to use it.

Only because we let them have that power. We need to take it away.

This story is just too much.

19 posted on 08/25/2018 4:09:00 AM PDT by Drew68
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They have moved from punishing one who years prior personally used a racial term as Paula Dean did to punishing the children. Yet no mention of not just the Democrat history with blacks but how they daily refer to each other. Massive double standard.


20 posted on 08/25/2018 4:13:13 AM PDT by nclaurel
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