Does Noah Gragson's Suspension have an Ulterior Motive? 

100% it does. This was a perfect excuse. But what's worse is this is long term career damage to Noah for a short term issue with a car club that, frankly, sucks on track because they are still figuring things out.

Just got done watching Black Flag Matter's video, and then this video pops up in my notifications.

Did they use this as an excuse to dump Gragson for JHN? Absolutely. Is suspending him indefinitely over a meme ridiculous? Absolutely. Are sponsors deathly afraid of controversy now because people lost their sh*t over a beer can and a rainbow tshirt and they lost billions? Absolutely. The kid made a mistake, but the reaction is par for the course in today's corporate America. He'll have a separate troll account from now on like the rest of us who deal this tenth level of corporate hell.

Legacy used this to get out of a contract and in turn get JHN and probably tank his career

Noah lit went from compete agains ty gibs to a career ending suspension... is crazy ngl

I’m also aware of Noah Gragson burner accounts in NASCAR shitposting groups. He’s been one of us since he came in. Somebody just found ammo to shoot at him

I thought this as soon as I heard the news, knowing that Toyota wanted him out. And knowing how Denny got treated when he did basically the same thing!!

I been a Noah Gragson Fan since 2017. Ever since that Martinsville win. Honestly i didn't Cared for him at the start because i was more into his Teamate at the time Christopher Bell but For some reason his Personality and the way he is with the fans. Got me into it for some reason. There's been some Ups and downs like Finishing 2nd in the 2018 Truck series. The 2020 season The breakout season in 2021 despite the Mess that happened with David Starr and Hemric. Who is not a Saint either. The same guy who Stole the Xfinity title from the True Xfinity series champ of that season. Austin Cindric. And Had to Wreck Parker for the win And After Everything that happened in 2022 with Ty Gibbs. I was Expecting him to have a Bell 2020 type of season. Maybe a 2020 John Hunter type of season. Or a Briscoe Type of season was i Expecting him to Beat Ty. Absolutely not. The 54 Is Miles ahead of the 42.. I was Expecting him to Finish ahead Of Ty Dillon. But i wasn't expecting it to Be Bad.. this Incredibly Bad. As a Chase fan. I Called him out for What happened with Denny. I Crusified him for it. I was Never ok with Right hooking someone. There was Absolutely No Excuse for that. Now because of that Chase is most likely to miss the playoffs. But at the same time. It Baffles me how Both Chase and Bubba Wallace got Suspended for their incidents with Denny Hamlin and Kyle larson. But Reminder! That Noah Got an absolute Slap on the wrist for Destroying half of the field at Road America. Nearly Killing Sage karam and a ton of other cars which were the Majority Small funded teams.. that's one thing that will I'll always Roll my eyes about Noah.. alongside the Entire Community Comparing the whole Chase and Denny Deal to the Wallace and Larson deal and not mentioning the Noah and Sage karam incident but i feel like Noah might pull an Allgaier and go back to Xfinity.

There is something going on behind the senses we do not know about

When the team does it first and then nascar did something. Little suspicious And toyotas coming over and just as truex resigns so john hunter can go to the 42… just throwing it out there

Ty Gibbs maybe the only lucky one on the rookie thing

Can't he just apologize to Bubba like Larson had to for some reason after his incident and then get a ride competitive car?

Well said Nathan, thanks for the video 😎👍

Q: Does Noah Gragson's Suspension have an Ulterior Motive?

What i find confusing is that he has done worse both on and off the track and basically got a slap on a wrist people used too say that chase is protected by nascar others say its Logano but noah has done worse stuff both on and off the track and the worst he got was a small fine and point penalty after im sure nascar did it too shut up the fans up but now all he did was like a meme? Now that just shows where nascars priorities are at and dont gey me started on the defenders saying He HaS pErSoNaLiTy there much better drivers both moraly and talented that has personality and when one of them get hate they dont bat an eye

The 31 Kaulig ride is likely Austin Hill in 2024.

Not to mention Truex up and confirms he’ll be back for 2024, conveniently the same weekend this goes down. Knowing Toyota will have a spot for JHN or some other new cup prospect.

Did Noah sign a multi year deal with legacy motor club ?

Basically legacy sucks they can't even get Jimmy Johnson to finish the start of lap😅 it was great to see Josh Berry in the 42 today at Michigan total out their car it's junk cost you some big time money I'm sure Noah got the raw deal we all know what Kyle Larson did which was far more egregious than liking a post. And he comes back and wins the championship you would just know that would happen but I'm sure you'll see John Hunter nemechek on legacies roster next year maybe finish this year the way Josh Berry's driving you think they could have picked a better driver he has an impressed me in NASCAR oh well😂

Wendy's probably doesn't give a shit since the protesters burned down a Wendy's in Atlanta and wouldn't let firefighters in to fight the fire. 1 man died.

As much as I agree it’s dumb on Noah’s part it’s still BS that Noah had to get the shaft for a driver who, unless they produce him a championship appearance next year, will most likely jump ship to JGR once Hamlin and/or MTJ retire. So yeah in five years it will probably be just Erik Jones, they will have to sell the 42 car

Like Kyle Larson , Noah will end up in a better situation. He’s a good driver

Noah to JRM in Cup!

I hope the xfinity guys with bright futures dont make the same mistake and take this ride just to get in the cup series

There’s definitely some collaboration to get rid of Noah. I bet Toyota hired that journalist to look around in Noah’s closet looking for skeletons

Once they switch over to Toyota I wouldn’t be surprised if JHN goes to the team with the sponsorship money to back them up

Ya, im a huge red birds fan, and even im embarrassed at how bad they suck this season.

Legacy Clownshow Club

Sammy smith isnt going to cup next year.

Noah screwed up when he signed with Legacy. He should’ve just held out for a better cup ride.

ot is an easy way to get him out the 42......noah back to the xfinity jrm number 8 ??vtrucks maybe ??

Yep. He's gone. Petty would've stuck by him I bet.

Yay another nrf L take , It’s been a while

I did not like the meme that Noah liked it was inappropriate and offensive but I do believe he deserves a second chance I don't want him to lose sponsors or anything i believe they should give him a second chance but he needs to learn to be better 💯

He’s a professional and he needs to conduct himself like a professional. I don’t think for a second he thought “Maybe liking this meme on a controversial subject might jeopardize my career as a NASCAR driver”. Legacy was within their right to drop him. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. That’s why burner accounts exist.

Nascar is very hypocritical ,denny the hack used a more offensive gif/meme directed at another competitor and wasnt suspended let alone fired , Nascar hasn't even been level on these level suspensions let alone the TRD/gibbs bs

It's NRF or nothin'!

The issue is that that meme is a disrespect for the dead. It is not okay back in the 80s, and it should not be okay today. What that means is that Noah was being disrespectful to the dead.

Absolutely, Toyota is the crookedest bunch out there and have screwed many drivers over.

I can understand your take, but I disagree. Legacy has sponsors who they have to answer to, and once the photo is out there, it's a bad look. Even if he took the like away, it was already too late. Hopefully, he can learn from this and recover his career. I believe he'll be back eventually, but this is definitely a set back for him.

Fans need to get on the journalist who ratted on Noah, this Daniel McFadin is a piece of work, and Nascar and Legacy went along with it, he saw this like for the meme from Noah, and thought man I got this guy and play a big role in letting Legacy and Nascar know what Noah did, and knew Noah would be suspended for sure!!!!!!!! Just for doing an I like and nothing else to be suspended is ridiculous in my opinion, I hope Noah gets Elon or a good lawyer for this!

I think this is the worst rookie season since Christopher bell 2020

Dark memes = gragson gone

Look the meme itself wasn't even remotely funny and even if he doesn't intend anything racist by liking it there's no way you don't pick up on that tone when looking at it. It's a horrible decision by him to like such a post. It's perfectly fine for him to get dropped for not handling it faster and better. Denny most likely got off lighter because of what his career has done for Toyota and Gibbs, Noah has none of that behind him. And I don't care that it happened in regular life and not on camera at an event, your every action while being an active driver reflects on the sport as a whole. That sentiment is true in all sports. Carry yourself better in life, get better on the track, maybe you'll race again someday. Edit; Also the denny post had context to TRY and excuse the tone deafness of using an Asian meme against Larson. Remove that and the meme still stands, "Larson cleared himself across multiple lanes not caring about other drivers" you can get that from the post. What the fuck can you pull from a bad "joke" about a man murdered by police?

I find suspending someone over liking a meme to be stupid. Everyone has their own sense of humor, no matter how fucked up it is. If Gragson had flat out said, “George Floyd was under da knee”, I’d completely understand. However, you cant blame someone for laughing at something.

Damn I would buy anything he is selling now.... seems like the working man has no problem with him making fun of a drug dealing woman beater..... hmmm

George Floyd has been sober since May 25th 2020

This is how they keep celebs and athletes in line! They make examples out of the ones who don’t want to follow the agenda.

Jimmy Johnson is a woke activist. Remember he was the first one crying for Thugga’s lies

Now noah can go to a winning team with some integrity....noah did nothing wrong

Noah unfortunately is exactly where I thought he would be, not suspended but very low In points. I'm a Noah fan and he should be able to have free speech outside of Nascar .Don't be a sheep!! But low in points because Jummy Johnson and Legacy Motor Club Sucks

Yeah but if elan musk keeps to his word, and sues everyone involved, this will be the biggest mistake nascar and everyone involved in it will make

I'm not a Gragson fan and actually think he doesn't belong in the Cup series. He's too immature and not capable of putting together a good season, but I think his refusal to bow down to the shrine of George Floyd, was a lousy excuse to suspending and most likely canceling him in NASCAR.

The Denny Hamlin comparison is pretty garbage tbh. Denny's post clearly wasn't directed at Larson's ethnicity, the joke would have made perfect sense had he been any other race. The joke was only offensive because of an unfortunate coincidence which Denny failed to recognize. The meme Noah liked (& further refused to retract a like from/apologize for) was literally just making fun of a guy for being killed by police. There was no relevant commentary or context which made that post anything other than mean spirited and offensive. P.S. some of the best jokes ever told are offensive, but offensive comedy needs to be done with some artistic merit. For example, if someone had been killed by a falling letter "C" from a Costo sign, and the post had their face on it singing "Under tha C". That would be offensive, but there is clearly a play on the lyrics of the song and the circumstances which has some artistic validity beyond just making fun of a person for dying.

Toyota fan

He doesn’t deserve more than a 1 race suspension…

I’m a former car owner this my opinion nascar trying to compar this to the Kyle Larson matter a few years ago but if legacy would have took care this behind close doors I use to have respect for nascar and Jimmie Johnson as a champion but after this matter I have lost respect for Johnson and nascar thank you Dave hoover

I like how you try and play down the meme by continually referring to it as "an Under da Knee" Meme.....as if they are a dime a dozen thing. It's a meme that is CELEBRATING the blatant MURDER of a person by Law Enforcement. He KNEW better and yet he still pressed that button. He got what he deserved, now if he just follows the orders from NASCAR, he'll be reinstated soon.

Noah should sue legacy racing and nascar for violating his first amendment rights

maybe dont like a racist meme

Legacy Motor Club is woke

Nascar must be getting some massive ESG checks. Hope its enough, Bud Light sure is learning an EXPENSIVE lesson. The team already suspended him NASCAR should have stayed out of it.

He did it. End of story. It was a stupid thing for him to do. Legacy didn't hit the like button for him. I can't understand how anyone can defend him on this. It's disgusting.

Honestly this is cancel culture, the guy that reported Noah that no one talks about, has a habit of this sort of thing.😊

Plain and Simple, They Railroaded Noah at the right time ! NASCAR is WOKE AF ! They cater to the One Sided, do I need to say the word Talladega ? Or do I have to say anything about the First Amendment ? It is all about the Money and Image. You just watch, LMS will replace Noah with John Hunter because of the Toyota switch. Noah will bounce back with a better ride. I do feel for Eric Jones. First year in Cup and LMS hasn't done Dick. I am also not feeling the thought of the number 43 on a Toyota.

It doesn’t seem to bother anybody that we don’t have free speech. While you were distracted communism has been at the back door the whole time

NASCAR has gone woke and have sided with the minority. NASCAR has become a joke and are cowering to the very people who will in just a few years demand all auto racing using fossil fuels be banned in the name of "climate change" even though human activity has never been PROVEN to contribute in any way and most scientists agree that human contributions to the atmosphere is like a fart in the wind...nada, nothing. I never thought I could give up the NFL, but this will be my 5th season NFL free and I wish I had done it years ago. NASCAR is out now as well.

So legacy and nascar violated gragsons forst amendment rights of freedom of speech however legacy switching to Toyota I see as a move to bring them in as jgr sattelite teams like 23/11. Thus moving jhn up to cup as well so simple way I'd trash Noah . Nascar has become the woke joke of auroracing oh wait is not a sport it's entertainment now. Well they think it's racing and they think it's entertainment but if it's racing you want turn of the wokecar series and support your local track and drivers

I liked your video. I hope I don’t lose my job

Don’t apologize. Freedom of speech. Hell I liked it as well.