Juri Vips gets 2nd chance in racing after use of racial slur nearly ended his career

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing knew its latest driver would be controversial, so much so that the team social media manager turned off the ability to comment on posts announcing the hiring

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing knew its latest driver would be controversial, so much so that the social media manager turned off the ability to

Rahal said the time his organization has spent with Vips convinced the team the young driver deserved another chance. Vips completed diversity training programs, and Rahal said he worked with an organization that assisted NASCAR star Kyle Larson in his comeback from his own use of the same racial slur referring to Black people.

Vips said he’s taken two sensitivity courses to prove he’s matured and to understand different cultures. He said he asked his European team at the time to set up the first course “for me to understand what’s offensive and what’s not, because I made this huge mistake without knowing it’s such a big mistake. I thought it was just a swear word that I was saying.

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