For those of you who had forgotten, NASCAR is being sued for $225 million by a black, female former official who is claiming that the organization fostered a culture of rampant sexual and racial harassment. As a refresher, her claims include that she was called ‘Nappy Headed Mo’ and ‘Queen Sheba’ and told she worked on ‘colored people time’ by supervisors, and that she was subject to lewd jokes and sexual advances. Basically, everything in the “good ol’ boy” stereotype that NASCAR wants you (and their sponsors) to think doesn’t exist anymore.

As ugly as the story was from the beginning, this AP article shows that it’s getting far worse. The story details several character issues involving Mauricia Grant, the ex-Nationwide Series inspector who is at the heart of the case. This includes a DUI arrest and having had a restraining order taken out against her by a former boyfriend. NASCAR, of course, is smugly claiming that this essentially proves that she is a person of low moral standing and should not be trusted, while Grant’s lawyers say that her past and her allegations against NASCAR have nothing to do with each other.

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