Drivers line up on the grid before the start of the 2015 Indianapolis 500. (Brian Spurlock, USA TODAY Sports)
By Stephanie Wang
INDIANAPOLIS — Trash talk over NASCAR versus IndyCar may have led to a domestic violence situation Sunday, according to a Johnson County (Ind.) Sheriff’s Office news release.
Deputies responded around 8 p.m. to an incomplete 911 call from a Franklin, Ind., home, the release said.
A woman told deputies that she and her fiance had been drinking all day. He was in the kitchen making dinner while she was listening to the Indianapolis 500 in the living room. He “started rambling on about NASCAR being better than IndyCar,” according to the incident report, then choked her.
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She tried to call 911, but her fiance shouted, “Who are you calling?” He took the phone from her, according to the report, and said, “Everything is fine here,” then hung up.
Police arrested the man, 57-year-old David Lee Wilson, on allegations of domestic battery and strangulation. He told deputies that he overheard his fiancee “talking trash” about NASCAR but said there was no physical confrontation.
Wang writes for The Indianapolis Star
Matt Kenseth, front left, and Joey Logano lead a pack of cars during the Coca-Cola 600. (Randy Sartin, USA TODAY Sports)
