NASCAR sued for $500 million on allegations that it blocked efforts to diversify the sport – Los Angeles Times

NASCAR is being sued on allegations that it blocked efforts to racially diversify U.S. motor sports, according to multiple media reports.

The lawsuit, filed Friday by Diversity Motorsports CEO Terrance Cox, charges that the stockcar racing organization “has intentionally interfered with the efforts of Cox and Diversity Motorsports to integrate the U.S. motorsports industry by perpetuating, condoning and actively participating in actions designed to humiliate, degrade, ostracize and exclude Cox.”

Cox and Diversity are seeking $500 million from NASCAR and nearly all of its teams, according to TMZ.

“Motorsports remain the most racially segregated sport in the United States,” the lawsuit states. “NASCAR and [International Speedway Corporation] have been complicit in, and supportive of, the racially discriminatory environment that virtually excludes African-Americans from meaningful participation.”