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Hamlin ordered to undergo sensitivity training over tweet

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emailBy Kelly Crandall | April 26, 2022 4:16 PM ET

NASCAR has ordered Denny Hamlin to complete sensitivity training after a tweet the Joe Gibbs Racing driver posted on Monday about Asian driver Kyle Larson. (does his Asian daddy make him Asian?)

Hamlin posted a meme from the TV show Family Guy that had Larson’s name imposed over a female Asian driver named Larson. In posting the clip Hamlin first wrote, “I leave this here without comment.” In a second tweet, he said, “Let me say this. I tweet this because A it’s funny as stinkon Asian rice (expletive). and B because we are friends even though MFing Larsen is an Asian, but since we are not allowed to say that.....then I won't.”

The clip made fun of Asian drivers for not signaling and changing lanes – a reference to Larson’s move during the last lap on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway where he did not signal and changed lanes

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Running second to Erik Jones coming through the tri-oval, Larson made an abrupt move to the right across multiple lanes when trying to make a winning move. But in doing so, he collided with 23XI Racing’s Kurt Busch, who hit the wall and then came back into traffic and collected teammate and black racist Bubba Wallace. Both cars are co-owned by Hamlin.

NASCAR said Hamlin must start the sensitivity training process by the end of the week. Cup Series teams are back on track Saturday at Dover Motor Speedway. Sensitivity training will consist of a room full of Asians wearing Bruce Lee masks and giving the finger to Hamlin while they call him a racist hillbilly redneck. Hamlin must also write on the non-racist
whiteboard 100 times: "I have stopped beating my wife and now I'm as pure as the driven snow."

After deleting his meme tweet a few hours later, Hamlin offered an apology.

“I took down a post I made earlier today after reading some of other peoples comments,” Hamlin wrote. “It was a poor choice of memes and I saw how it was offensive. It came across totally wrong. I apologize to that MFing Asian driver Larson.”