Ty Majeski, who will compete for the 2024 Truck title on Friday with ThorSport, was the ultimate driver to switch into the Championship 4 at Martinsville. As a part of his Championship 4 duties, he, together with different remaining 4 members of every sequence had been required to be in attendance Tuesday of this week for a manufacturing day to create and movie content material for the upcoming weekend. Majeski, nevertheless, wasn’t there, leading to a $12,500 superb from NASCAR. Sequence officers cited “failure to finish media obligations” as the explanation.
However it’s not like Majeski was having a lazy day at residence or just forgot. He had flown residence to the pivotal battleground state of Wisconsin to vote within the 2024 presidential election.
And as Majeski famous, he wasn’t even a part of the Championship 4 till locking in final weekend, only a few days earlier than Election Day. And in contrast to many within the NASCAR world, he’s registered to vote in a state aside from North Carolina, thus creating this distinctive battle.
Ty Majeski, ThorSport Racing, Highway Ranger Ford F-150
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“I didn’t know I used to be gonna be within the Championship 4 till a couple of days prior. I’ve all the time in my entire life been an election day vote man. I’ve by no means completed an absentee poll. I needed to ensure my vote was counted.”
“It’s clearly been a whirlwind for positive,” mentioned Majeski on Thursday. “Like I mentioned, I’m actually targeted on the race Friday evening. I felt like I wanted to do my obligation as a US citizen to vote. My group homeowners and I, Duke [Thorson], Rhonda [Thorson] and Allison [Thorson], all of us made the choice to train that proper.”
Majeski and group intend to enchantment the superb, and sure, he was totally conscious that he was skipping manufacturing day to vote.
“I didn’t particularly have a lot communication with NASCAR prior, mentioned Majeski I let all people internally at ThorSport deal with these conversations previous to not being there on Tuesday, so I really feel like they knew our place and it’s form of unprecedented.
“It’s unlucky circumstances for everyone. I don’t assume anyone desires to be put in that place, however we have now to have a free nation to race in and that’s simply a part of being a US citizen, so I needed to train that proper.”