NASCAR fires 2 tied to discrimination suit

Sports Digest

September 22, 2008

NASCAR has fired two officials who had been suspended during an internal investigation into claims made in a $225 million racial discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit against stock car racing's sanctioning body. Tim Knox and Bud Moore were fired last week, NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Potson said. He declined to discuss the reasons for their dismissal yesterday. Knox and Moore are accused in Mauricia Grant's lawsuit of exposing themselves to her, and making graphic and lewd jokes. She worked as a technical inspector for NASCAR's second-tier Nationwide Series from January 2005 through her October2007 firing. NASCAR had placed Knox and Moore on indefinite paid administrative leave in June as it investigated her claims. Grant, who is black, filed suit that month alleging 23 incidents of sexual harassment and 34 incidents of racial and gender discrimination during the two-plus years she worked for NASCAR. Her suit alleges she was fired as retaliation for complaining to her superiors about the way she was treated by co-workers. Potson said NASCAR's internal investigation into the lawsuit is done. NASCAR has denied any wrongdoing.

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