Arizona’s AVONDALE — Due to voting in his home state of Wisconsin, Truck Series driver Ty Majeski was penalized $12,500 by NASCAR for missing a content-gathering day for title candidates on Tuesday in North Carolina.
For “Failure to complete media obligations,” which is a violation of NASCAR’s member conduct policy, Majeski was deducted money. This year’s content day fell on Election Day, and all four of the championship-eligible drivers from each of NASCAR’s three national series had to be there.
Most drivers live in the Charlotte, N.C., area, which is viewed as the hub of NASCAR. But Majeski is still a Wisconsin resident and he felt it was more important to vote than attend the championship content day. The 30-year-old had the backing of his ThorSport Racing team owners, he said.
“I felt like I needed to do my duty as a U.S. citizen to vote, and my team owners and I … we all made the decision to exercise that right,” he said.
Majeski said he “certainly knew about” the obligation to attend the content-gathering day and added that his team made NASCAR aware he would not be attending in order to vote. “They knew our position,” he said.
But NASCAR declined to excuse the absence.
Early voters in Wisconsin had the option to vote in person, however Majeski stated he’s “always, in my whole life, been an Election Day vote guy.”
“I wanted to make sure my vote was counted,” he said.
Majeski said ThorSport plans to appeal his penalty.
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