EXCLUSIVE: NASCAR’s top executive has been OUSTED after SHOCKING leaked texts revealed a VICIOUS, HATEFUL attack on the sport’s own legends. Steve Phelps didn’t just resign—he was FORCED OUT after being exposed as a two-faced executive who PRIVATELY SLAMMED the very fans and icons who built the racing empire he was paid to lead.
The DAMNING evidence? Phelps’ own words. In a rage over a routine media interview, the now-former commissioner texted a colleague that legendary team owner Richard Childress should be “taken out back and flogged,” calling him a “stupid redneck” and a “total ass-clown.” This is the SAME man who stood before cameras preaching “family” and “tradition.” A GROTESQUE betrayal of the sport’s core.
But the scandal runs DEEPER. This isn’t about one man’s temper—it’s a symptom of a ROTTEN CORE. The leaked texts from the antitrust lawsuit pull back the curtain on a NASCAR leadership that DESPISES its own foundation. While Phelps smiled for the cameras, his contempt for the teams, owners, and the Southern fanbase that made NASCAR a billion-dollar business was festering in private messages. This is a CLASS WAR at 200 mph, and the suits in the boardroom think YOU are the problem.
Now, the sport scrambles for cover, installing Steve O’Donnell—a man whose OWN fiery texts were also exposed—as the new “stabilizing” face. It’s a SHAMELESS game of musical chairs designed to protect the France family dynasty. They promise “business as usual,” which means MORE contempt, MORE secret deals, and MORE alienation of the loyal fans they secretly ridicule.
The truth is now undeniable: the men steering your favorite sport view its heart and soul as a joke to be tolerated, not a legacy to be honored. If this is how they talk about a Hall of Famer like Childress, what do they REALLY think of you, the fan, watching at home? The entire spectacle you love is being run by people who are LAUGHING at you behind closed doors.
