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# NASCAR orders Deegan to take sensitivity training after slur
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/nascar/nascar-orders-deegan-to-take-sensitivity-training-after-slur/
- Published: 2021-01-12T08:36:46.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-16T17:23:31.000Z
- Description: Hailie Deegan will have to take NASCAR sensitivity training before racing in the sanctioning body’s series this year after using a slur while streaming online
- Author: Jack Benyon
- Tags: NASCAR, #image-top-center

Junior stock car driver Hailie Deegan will have to take NASCAR sensitivity training before racing in the sanctioning body’s series this year after using a slur while streaming online.

Ford Racing Development-backed driver Deegan – daughter of X Games hero Brian – was streaming her iRacing exploits on Twitch on Sunday for the first time when she said “who’s the r\*\*\*\*d behind me, don’t do that please”.

She took to Twitter to explain after the incident, saying “I apologise to everyone who was offended by it”.

> Earlier tonight I used an insensitive word during an online race being broadcast on twitch. It was inappropriate slang and a stupid thing to do. I apologize to everyone who was offended by it. There's no excuse for it, and I know I have to do better for my sponsors and my fans.
> 
> — Hailie Deegan (@HailieDeegan) [January 11, 2021](https://twitter.com/HailieDeegan/status/1348466577843355659?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=the-race.com)

However, NASCAR has since announced that Deegan requires its training to continue racing under its banner.

In a short story issued on NASCAR.com, it said: “NASCAR officials will require driver Hailie Deegan to take sensitivity training before the 2021 season after her use of an offensive word during an online racing stream Sunday.”

> NASCAR requires Hailie Deegan to take sensitivity training: [https://t.co/vJJDuOVUCo](https://t.co/vJJDuOVUCo?ref=the-race.com) [pic.twitter.com/XVDcZeAbqe](https://t.co/XVDcZeAbqe?ref=the-race.com)
> 
> — NASCAR (@NASCAR) [January 11, 2021](https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/1348760378612854791?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=the-race.com)

Deegan, 19, began her NASCAR career in the K&N Pro Series West in 2018 and won races that year and the following season.

She made her Truck Series debut last year at Kansas, finishing 16th in a one-off, and is set to race for the same team (now renamed David Gilliland Racing) full-time in the Truck Series in 2021.

Deegan is not the first driver to fall foul of using a slur in a broadcast esports event.

Last year, Cup Series race winner Kyle Larson used a racial slur. He was suspended by NASCAR and sacked from his Chip Ganassi Racing seat.

The 28-year-old underwent sensitivity training and was reinstated, [joining the Hendrick Motorsports team](https://www.the-race.com/nascar/larson-to-return-to-nascar-cup-series-full-time/) as seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson’s replacement.