NASCAR penalizes Corey LaJoie for insensitive tweet about a turban-wearing man

Corey LaJoie is in a bit of hot water today as NASCAR placed him on indefinite probation for an insensitive tweet made about a turban-wearing man at the airport.

The tweet by LaJoie, which has since been deleted, read as follows:

Is it stereotyping to ask TSA to cavity search the gentleman with a turban and a gray beard? I didn’t think so either.

LaJoie, who is currently a Richard Petty Motorsports development driver, will also have to undergo sensitivity training. NASCAR’s code of conduct rule states that no NASCAR member shall make a public statement “that criticizes, ridicules, or otherwise disparages another person based upon that person’s race, color, creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age or handicapping condition.”

This hasn’t been the first story of a driver getting in trouble for comments left on social media. Earlier this month, NASCAR fined Nationwide driver Nelson Piquet Jr. $10,000 for a gay slur left on Parker Kligerman’s Instagram account.