NASCAR’s first commissioner Steve Phelps announced his resignation Tuesday after 20 years with the racing series … and a month after his shocking text messages were revealed in a nasty trial.
A string of texts between NASCAR executives from 2023 were unsealed during testimony of the recent antitrust trial between two teams -- one being 23XI Racing, owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin -- and the association.
Phelps in one exchange called Hall of Fame team owner Richard Childress "a stupid redneck" who "needs to be taken out back and flogged" … he also called Childress an "idiot" and an “"ass-clown.