Esports Arena is a curated weekly roundup of the biggest stories in the world of online competitive gaming. Professional NASCAR driver Kyle Larson has been fired from his team, Chip Ganassi Racing, after he used a racial slur during a live-streamed eNASCARiRacing event this weekend.
Larson was heard using the slur during Sunday’s Monza Madness iRacing event. "You can't hear me?" Larson said on the stream, before stating, "Hey, n—er." Larson's comments were picked up across the streams of multiple drivers also participating in the event, as well as on the eNASCAR website's feed.