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Brian France, chairman of NASCAR, said sexual and racial harassment claims against the auto racing league by Mauricia Grant, NASCAR’s only black female inspector, will be thoroughly reviewed. Grant had worked the NASCAR Nationwide Series from January 2005 until being fired in October. She has since sued NASCAR and several NASCAR officials for $225 million in damages. One of those named in the lawsuit was former NASCAR official Mike Wilford, who says Grant has twisted events and never complained about how she was treated. “Graphic and lewd jokes? She participated in them. She laughed. She would never say it was inappropriate,” Wilford was quoted as saying. The whole thing is a mess and it isn’t anything that NASCAR needs right now.

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