Posted on 09/24/2017 1:34:52 PM PDT by Ennis85
Several NASCAR team owners said Sunday they would not condone racers protesting during the national anthem, amid protests by sports players at football and baseball games.
There were no protests reported during “The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in New Hampshire, according to The Associated Press.
Former NASCAR champion Richard Petty told the AP that any member of his team would be fired if they chose to protest the national anthem. Petty now owns Richard Petty Motorsports.
“Anybody that don’t stand up for the anthem oughta be out of the country. Period. What got ’em where they’re at? The United States,” Petty said in comments reported by The AP. Richard Childress, a former drive who owns Richard Childress Racing, said any protests from his team members would “get you a ride on a Greyhound bus.”
“Anybody that works for me should respect the country we live in. So many people gave their lives for it. This is America,” Childress reportedly said.
The comments from the NASCAR owners come as NFL players took part in protests at games across the country after Trump slammed players who take a knee, rather than stand, during the national anthem.
"Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a b---- off the field right now,'" Trump said during a Friday rally. "'He is fired.'"
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NASCAR BUMP!
marked for later,,,,,thanks
Non issue. There are no blacks in Nascar racing. They don’t have the balls.
This never had to be said.
I’ve been asking how many laps it would take for a kneeling driver to hit the wall. I think it will be in the first five laps. The other drivers will be fighting for the right to apply the chrome horn.
In reality, the kneeling driver or crewman will be immediately escorted out of the pits and will need to find his own ride home.
Bubba Wallace and a few crewmen will disagree with you.
NASCAR ROCKS..same goes for the NHL..they won’t tolerate that BS either..in fact the Penguins are going to the White House!
Gd bless the NHL. They do dumb things sometimes but nothing like this.
Would never happen in Nascar anyways.
NASCAR has it’s head glued on squarely.
Kudos to them.
I’d rather watch Danica.
Even in Canada, Canadian NHL fans, respect OUR flag and OUR National Anthem
Is Bubba Wallace a white dude?
Here’s the answer. You heard it from me first
Play on Jumbotron Whitney Houston’s national anthem at the start of the game
They should just play this and forget it
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N_lCmBvYMRs
Big BUMP for NASCAR!
LMAO
The white NFL players go along with it so they won’t get their asses kicked in the locker room by the black players..the few that stand for our Anthem don’t care about what their a-hole teammates think, like Antonio Villanueva, he stood PROUDLY today for our Anthem because he loves this country
"Thank God and Greyhound" (Country & Western star Roy Clark, singing on YouTube").
Leni
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