just got back from Chicago and had a email box full of news on this – from an AP story: NASCAR stars Terry Labonte(#5) and Derrike Cope(#30) fired two employees(motor coach drivers) for a racial prank in which one of their workers wore a sheet over his head like a Klansman and confronted a black colleague(#12 crewman). Witnesses characterized the July 8 episode at the New Hampshire International Speedway as a joke by two white motorcoach drivers that went too far. See the full story at the WRAL site: NASCAR Drivers Fire Two Team Members for Racial Prank (WRAL/AP) — UPDATE: another story, not AP – Two ousted for racial incident by Rea McLeroy(Times-Dispatch) and from That’s Racin’: Incident reopens NASCAR’s race issue – Randon Notes by Jim Utter
