NASCAR driver gets kicked out of iRacing event while wearing giraffe onesie

Matt DiBenedetto is 1 misbehaved giraffe.

The NASCAR driver inexplicably resolved to don a complete animal onesie Sunday afternoon in the iRacing Professional Sequence in advance of acquiring booted from the party for deliberately ramming into Ryan Preece. He also recorded a weird movie whilst even now putting on the costume.

Cringe comedy, it appears to be, is even now in vogue.

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“I acquired truly incredibly hot and I sweat a lot,” DiBenedetto explained to the digital camera in advance of permitting out an awkward chuckle.

DiBenedetto experienced some enjoyment with his DQ just after completing 112 laps.

William Byron gained the race at virtual Richmond. Timmy Hill completed 2nd and Parker Kligerman came in 3rd.

The iRacing Sequence has experienced solid early returns for NASCAR during the coronavirus pandemic, but has taken black eyes in new weeks, most notably from Kyle Larson’s use of the N-phrase whilst on a stay stream very last weekend. Larson was fired by Chip Ganassi Racing as a consequence of the incident. He also shed his most important sponsors.

The future formal iRacing party is scheduled for April 26, at virtual Talladega.