Ray Ciccarelli, a part-time driver of the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, spoke out against NASCAR's decision in a widely read Facebook post on Wednesday, saying he wouldn't return after the 2020 racing season is over, citing the company's decision to ban the flag.
NASCAR banned the Confederate flag from events two days after Bubba Wallace, the only full-time African American driver in NASCAR's Cup Series, went on CNN on Monday night and called for its removal."No one should feel uncomfortable when they come to a NASCAR race. It starts with Confederate flags," Wallace told CNN's Don Lemon."Get them out of here. They have no place for them.
No one wants someone with your attitude in NASCAR anyway...bye!!!!!
Well then you are as racist as trump and this afmdministration. Good riddance!
Good riddance
Ok
Bye bye Ray
WHY is he waiting until after the season He should LEAVE IMMEDIATELY so his message can get through to his racist friends!! SMFH Another one bites the dust!! Yaaay!! One less bigot in the world!! 👍🏾👍🏾✌🏽✌🏽😁😁💯
Looks like he did the same thing with his hair. Someone said he needed a haircut, and he got so mad he just shaved it off. Give up racing because you can't fly a flag? Your not a racer.
Lol well peace out homie 😂 what a clown.
And my brain keeps saying...OK.
The Confederate flag is a symbol of racist slavery and it shouldn’t have never been allowed these loser of the war to continue to fly it in the first place . It is a symbol of traitors who went against its country .
You shouldn't race anymore.
Nascar doesn't need you anyway. Stay home.
Bye!!
Adios loser. Never heard of you.
Go away 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
If you support slavery or any notion of it u do not deserve to be free move to China or Russia or England those countries believe in it THIS IS AMERICA HOME OF THE FREE don't let them take it from u WTF
You're a white supremacist
Bye...
Good. Let him quit. No one lines a racist. Did he ever win a race?
Bye
Good riddance.
Who is he?
Who?
WHO?!?!? Never heard of him!! Who cares?!?!
Very sad to see this legend racer to quit Nascar. mnemalceff gandradea4
Bye Felicia
Band everything WHITE. CNN has to many WHITE anchors . We need to get red of all the white folks at CNN and replace with Blacks and Latino
Whoopee! More room for the good guys.
Bye bye redneck
Why don't he quit now. Why wait caring all that poison around in him?
Adios, chicharron!!
Good
Nobody cares if he quits!
Bye bye
Who?
Congratulations to ray ciccarelli for officially being on the WRONG side of history. That flag represents nothing but USA’s evil history.
He can leave NOW! BYE BYE!
These NASCAR a-holes have gotten away with this shit for farrrrrrr to long. Almost anyone can race a car, you make it a white man sport redflag
A part time nobody. No one cares.
Why wait until the end of the season jerk wad. If he had balls he would do it now.
A symbol of racism! By the way Maryland don’t want you back go to a red state to live.
He should win at least one race before thinking his voice matters, all bigots should leave our great country...but at least we now know he is one! We are all immigrants, when will people come to terms with that. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Whiny racists.
Good riddance.
Who? Never even heard of him...
Girl bye
cutit our , with all this taking down of AMERICAN HISTORICAL MONUMENT. good or bad ,we are who we are.and speaking as a Native Born American....we should not be ashamed of our past.its made us what we are 2day. GEORGEWASHINGTON we gon tak him off da $1 next?
Bye bye :-)
Good riddance
Who?
Good riddance
We are all better off for this.
Na na na na...hey hey hey.......GOODBYE!
Bye Ray, hope you find Karen.
Good for you Ray it’s time for the rest of us to stand up for what’s going on we also have rights and freedom of speech NASCAR taking down the flag on property is one thing but telling the rest of us we can’t fly it to hell with NASCAR
Bye...bye
NASCAR will reverse this decision as soon as fans are back. You can’t rewrite history.
Bye bye Felicia
Fucking eh!!
Please post NASCAR’s reply
How can we enjoy watching cars go in a circle if the cars/drivers aren't also racist?! What's next, pulling swastikas out of the NBA and banning white hoods and torches from official soccer matches? Fucking communists! /s
The South will “RISE AGAIN.” Moving to God’s country NC soon.. with my 2nd Amendment rights..
Dont go away mad just go away🖕
Baby!
Bye
BYE. Don't let the door hit ya where the lord split ya!
Bye bye
WTF even cares? Seriously? Quit giving ingrates like this the time of day.
Well ....... BYE!
The reporting on this needs to end. Nobody outside of friends, family, crew, and hardcores knew about this guy. And it should go back to that way.
He's never even won a NASCAR race. He is a bigot, he has proved that by taking his toys and going home. What a cry baby.
Well he certainly didn’t go out the tops in his profession, huh? 0 wins 0 poles 50 years old Real brave to quit a sport where you’ve dominated like that, huh. Over a flag that’s not the official flag of the country.
Bye Felicia!
He'll be a great uber driver ?
Good for him.
Good riddance.
Bye bye racist! Pun intended...
Don't wait, do it now
Yuck yuck ok Billy Bob. Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya🤣
Poster boy for white supremacists.
Truth is he got fired because he’s a POS. And his ego is too fragile for it
Thank you for having and using your brain!
GOOD RIDDANCE
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!
Bye
👋🏾
I congratulate NASCAR. A wise decision that should have been made long ago. Hopefully other decent organizations and institutions will take their lead. All other racists are welcome to join Ciccarelli. Happy to show them the door.
If that's not a trump supporting racist. I would be shocked look at that face. Pure RACIST
The confederate flag represents quiters and losers, so I can see where he relates to it.
Just leave now
Who...
Lolz whonis he. NASCAR do yall even know who he is?
In the words of NSYNCH 'Bye, Bye, Bye'. Good riddance Ray and congratulations for being on the wrong side of history.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 was awarded to Bob Dylan 'for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.' The Times They Are A-Changin' Produced By Tom Wilson (producer) Written By Bob Dylan Release Date: January 13, 1964 (1/2)
Why wait?
Really bad at racing. Really good at racism.
Good riddance! America doesn’t have to put up with that kind of behavior and I’ll thinking!
fine, take a hike...
Good it is suppose to be a free country we should be able to do what the heck we want with out people taking Offense of every little thing, grow up people quit trying to find something to complain about like little bitty kid’s.
Tell 'Trumper Ray' good riddance for me!
Who?
His decision. At least he is transparent and not hiding behind his hood. We’re not going to solve or eliminate racism; we know that. As long as the Bigots stay in their lane & understand WE ALL have the same rights to exist and live.....
Quitting his job over the loss of the Confederate flag? Get over it....the South lost buddy
You know he ain't win nary a race, do ya?
Bye
He’s a loser
Who? 😂
As we say here dont let the door hit your arse on the way out.
Why is he waiting till after the season, leave NOW.
How is it ok to embrace this flag which is the counter to the American flag but it's anti-patriotic kneel during the national anthem? The double-standard in our society are astounding.
BYE BYE!! Jerk
How many races has he won? Zero! He’s going to retire one way or the other...
Takes a while for people to come to terms with reality and their own biases. Perhaps he’s not ready to throw out the bed sheets ..... just yet Oh well b-bye
His loss.
Let this rally call ring out; “Red Necks everywhere unite.”
Funny, the same people that want Black people to forget about slavery will fight to keep a flag that represents racism (disguised as 'southern pride') relavant.
I’ll take his spot. Let’s drive!!
And why do we care if a dude stops driving a truck? Also, good for you NASCAR! America has a flag and the Confederates still lost!!
Don’t let the car door hit you on the way out 😉
Adios racist! Adios!
Awwww...BYE!
BYE
Poor little snowflake is mad about his racist little flag not being flown? goodriddance
The track will be safer without having to pass him. He was a yellow flag waiting to happen. Yellow like his belly.
Bye Felicia
Not a race car driver but a racist.
Bye bye no place for you if you worship a flag from the civil war losers
Lol...No more last place awards for you pal lol
Thats the great thing about America he has a choice
Quit now
Bye Bye!
MkngDrmsReal Bye-bye. One lass racist!
I think we should compromise and replace all US flags, past and present, with the following. There are good people from both sides and this is a fair meeting in the middle.
For the record. This is what courage looks like.
Bless his heart
Good Riddance. When you see this over a flag that’s offensive to millions and create a reminder of a past still evident every day,that alters spirits and symbolizes hatred then it confirms This man is part of the Problem and will fight solutions. An attitude that Trump applauds
Who?
Who? Lol
Had to become known for something since racing wasn't working out.
OMG WHERE OH WHERE WILL WE EVER FIND ANOTHER REDNECK DRIVER TO REPLACE HIM?!!!
Pussy
Who the fuck is Ray Ciccarelli?
Bye
wow
Won’t be missed bye 👋
Good!
Well don’t let door it you in ass on the way out.
See ya later!!!
Who?
Sounds to me like he wasn’t making any money and needed to save face as to why he was leaving. Oh these tears so taste delicious
Bye!!
Don’t wait quit now!
Looks like this is a better option to leave nascar graciously instead of quitting.
Racist
Bye Felicia
Only at airports departures are announced, just leave then.
Who? I watch NASCAR and I've never seen or heard of him.
Bye Bye......Do you think anyone cares about you racing.
See ya. We don’t need someone like you
Adios 👋
Silly wop!
Glad he is quitting. Never heard of him anyway. NASCAR is better off without bigotry.
How about just go away right now ?🤷🏻♂️
He should leave now, don’t wait till the end of the season.
Good riddance
0 and 33 is his race record? Is that correct? Sounds like CMI Motorsports would be looking for a new driver anyway.
Ok...bye
Don’t let the door hit you pal.
He should have just gone quietly cause no one knows who he is & no one care!
Who?
Who?
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Bye bye 👋
Ray who?
By Ray!
Aweeee some white boy is grumpyyyy
Who is this guy? Does he really matter? Is he hurting his 1 fan... his mom? The lengths people will go to get on Fox News. 🤦♂️ I guess he thought he’d start a trend... people walking away from millions of dollars. But he probably doesn’t know what that feels like huh?
Who has 0 wins 😂
Dude's 0-32. THAT'S why he's quitting; he sucks.
Sounds like a handy excuse to quit because nobody ever heard of him before this, he's never won anything, having a hard time scrounging up sponsors, bills are past due, and he's angling for a job as a Faux Sports commentator. Pretty f*cking pathetic, actually.
Who?
Who?
Who?
And how many races did he win? I don't think people really care
NASCAR is having a crisis now. His leaving means they have to find someone to finish 28th in every race. Sucks to be him.
Bye Bye Ray Ray! Hasta la Vista baby!
Boy bye.
Bye don’t let the door hit you in the ass
Good for him. I’m with him
Who cares it's the right thing to do. This days more about him than Nascar.
Bye Felicia
Who?
K 👋🏻
Good riddance
Good riddance.
DO PEOPLE REALIZE THE CONFEDERACY WAS *AGAINST* THE STATES BEING UNITED
How was flying the flag normalised in the first place ? It’s an representation of wanting slavery to remain in the United States. Real shocking it took them this long to ban it Shame on you NASCAR !!
Who the hell is he dont see him in the winner's circle who cares .... good ridddins .... take your hate with you .... let's race yeah .....
😂🤣🤣how weak is that
change your name while you at it. You have no clue , grow up.
Good bye
Good rittance. Maybe you can try your hand at mini golf, you might just take home 1 win
There is a saying in Germany: One should not hold back travelers. Bye.
To honour all the Ciccarellis that fought for slavery during the Civil War.
And take the rest of the racist thugs with you!!
NASCAR driver’s career finally gets a pole start. First in the ‘who are you anyway’ race.
See ya Ricky Bobby 🤣🤣
He probably wasn’t winning.
He must be racist.
Ray who?
That driver could’ve won the race if he’d said NASCAR may ban the flag, but the love of Dixieland is indelible
Lazy opportunistic racist says he’s so pissed about being forced to remove a racist flag from his NASCAR vehicle - so he’s leaving.......at the end of the new season. Pitiful. Just go now.
Let’s see. How many races has Ray won? None I believe!
Let’s play spot the racist in this picture
Now nascar is bowing to the liberal left by removing the confederate flag hey I’m a yankee from Massachusetts that flag means nothing to me as probably Paul revere to a southerner buts it’s their tradition let it be keep fueling the fire and history will repeat itself
He’s quitting because he sucks! He was just looking for an excuse so now he had one! After all, he couldn’t just say, I suck so I quit.
Ok bye!
what happened ?
How many wins does he have?
What’s he going to do? Dominos pizza delivery?
Adios, you sure made your money
WHY ARE YOU NOT QUITTING NOW OH ITS ABOUT THE MONEY PEOPLE ARE NOT SLAVES
Good riddance
At least we now know for sure where he stands.
Buh bye...
Well he sure special and he can take his special flag with him wherever he goes: his kitchen, his bedroom, his living room, the bathroom, the basement, the garage!!! Idiot!!
Leave now
He sounds well educated, “and i ain't spend the money we are to participate in any political BS!! So everything is for SALE!!'
Trumpys clowns 🤡
His face says it all. Donald J. Trump is a buffoon but we have to give credit where credit is due. Trump's election definitely unmasked wypipo; covert racists/two-faced folks hate him in public, overt racists/white collar criminals love him & USA as a BananaRepublic CONFIRMED!
Maybe he can try Formula One. Let’s see if he can outdrive Lewis Hamilton. (Snicker.)
Well.....bye!
He wasn’t going to return either way, he just needed an excuse.
No loss.
Asshat.
Ray whoooo🤡 gurl bye... good riddance to bad rubbish
Taking a wheel for confederate traitors
Who
You mean the 2 people who came to watch him drive an RV on a racetrack won’t be able to see him anymore?
Great, let all the openly racist race car drivers know they can take their car racing careers to another planet.
Good riddance
dont let the door hit ya on the way out
Oh good, like anyone gives a s***.
It's okay, like the confederacy he has never won either
Bye bye!
Oh no! Where on earth will NASCAR be able to find another white driver? Lol boy bye 👋
Okay, bye
So sad! Never heard of him anyway.
🤚🏻 bye.
Paid millions or the flag........... Maybe the marrying your cousin was a mistake.
It's only a flag.
Never heard of him is he supposed to be good?
who?
Wahhhhhhh!
If you don’t like it here...🇺🇸
Everyone who really want to contribute to avoiding the deaths of people in clashes with the police, the first thing have to support is THE RESPECT AND OBEDIENCE TO THE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS! Any different accion is just communist desestabilización!!
Bless this man!! I don’t hate nor love the confederate flag but I love freedom 😻😻😻
Let him go🤷🏻♀️
The 1st black NASCAR champion Wendell Scott (1921-1990) was inducted in Hall of Fame in 2015. Richard Pryor dramatized his life in Greased Lightning. *spoiler* Funny scene with confederate flag.
This guy can lick my balls
That’s a little disturbing the man cares about the confederate flag “ that much”
Excellent & equally laughable with a good Italian surname 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️✊🏽✊🏿✊🏻✊🏼✌️🇬🇧
Damn he’s gonna miss that check though... Bro!! Over A Flag Really Damn!! 🙏🏽 I’m going to pray for you.. That ugliness is 😞 Let it go!!
At least he stands by his racism. Dont care about him, but good bye maybe earlier?
Am I still allowed to watch dukes of hazard
Goodbye 😂😂
He’s in a low tier circuit, has only placed in the top ten once out of 18 races and has never won. The sport sure will miss him 🙄
Who?
Good, fk that guy.
WHO
who is she?
Buh-bye!
That’s one way to eliminate White Supremacy from racing.
1) who is Ray Ciccarelli 2) fuck Ray Ciccarelli.
Bye
ByeBye
Who?
Ray has won as many races as the Confederacy has won wars. 👍👍😜😜
Umm, b-bye...
Then be on your way!!
This guy, Ray, should be your role model, sissy boy.
Bye bye!
Such a shame... We’ll really miss... what’s his name?
snowflake
Awe. Bye bye
Bye Felicia
Another racist
Oh no! Now I won't get to see him not win.....again. He'll be missed.
I won’t lose any sleep about this tonight.
Byeeeee Ciccarelli. Don't let the door hit you in the ass.
Nascar income: $5150 in 2006. Dude is 50 years of age. Just another media hoe.
Bu byeeee....NEXT
Good riddance.
Bye Ray!
Who the fuck is he? Anyone? 😂😂🤷🙆
Good riddance.
Bye Bye
AND SO WHAT!!✌🏿
Oh
I like the guys honesty, but a part time truck series driver without a top 10 finish just isn’t going to get any Confederate flags waiving again.
Who cares? This guy can drive his truck off into the sunset and nobody will GAF.
He could just leave now 🤷🏻♀️
Who?
Never heard of him
Don't let the door hit ya where the Lord split ya.
Biggggg 🤬ing deal! Probably planning on retiring anyways 🙄
k bye
Ciao🤪
CICCARELLI TRIES TO SHIELD 'CONFEDERATE FLAG LOVING FOLKS' THO KNOWINGLY ENABLING RACISM PLAIN & SIMPLE. RAY CICCARELLI'S A COWARD AS HE HIDES BEHIND THIS 'NOBLE SENTIMENT' OF STANDING UP FOR 'DEFENSLESS' RACISTS & RACIST ENABLERS. GOT YOUR CICCARELLI!!!
Good.
Well he can f$ck himself anywhere and everywhere outside of Nascar!
Ciccarelli looks like the poster child for everything that is wrong with our country.
He's more famous for this than for anything else he's ever done.
NASCAR should tell him he good...no need to keep racing now...
I agree with what they did. But the fact you can't show or teach knowledge to people is beyond me. The flag they are banning is the battle flag. Maybe do some reporting and look at what the actual comfederate flag is.
They could boot him before the season ends.
Doesn't look like he'll be missed. This is the perfect way to weed out the racist and white supremacists.
cool, bye
Why is this controversial lmao
I’m damn proud of him!
Good stand up to the mob, enough is enough
Goodbye.
He never even started.
Oh God, no. Now NASCAR will just have to shut down. Imagine having to go on without, what's his name
Bye
Why would anyone fly a confederate flag? When did losers get statues? Traitors don’t deserve to be honored, that flag was flown by traitors who sought to destroy America.
He should leave now
Close the door on your way out!
Good, fk that guy.
I just keep hearing the Kodak theme song 🎶I see your true colors shining through🎶
You won't be missed at all. Bye.
Really too bad that some ppl won't realize that the confederate flag is = to nazi flag.
Bye
Bye bye...
Good, we don’t want to see his ass anyway!
Bye!
He won’t be missed.
He’ll make a great living as an over the road truck driver. The sport won’t miss you, c-ya
No big loss to NASCAR or the fans when he quits.
Ray Ciccarelli career wins: 0 Confederacy career wins: 0 He's just continuing the losing tradition of the history he desperately clings to.
good riddance!
Being a racist so defines him that he's opting out of racing over it? Good riddance.
Bye ManKaren!
He can go back to his career as a brain surgeon
Bye
He’s a loser. Literally.
Loser
BYE!!!
Bye Qevin.
Good. No problems. Bye bye
Poor baby
Another guy just driving left and never coming in first, or even 9th....
The garbage takes its self out
Good riddance
It's pretty bad when the confederate flag means more than your job.
Why does anybody support the Confederate flag! If you support the flag you support owning human beings and killing them at will! WTH people. Learn to support the human race not just your race!!
Poor racists are upset. Buh Bye! Why doesn't he just quit now Not really taking a stance if you're putting up with it for the season. Hmmm
But No one knows him🤣🤣🤣🤣
Who?
32 races with no wins, 2nd, 3rd maybe? 🤷🏽♂️ nope. It’s like a practice squad NFL player doing the same thing, “um who are you again and what impact will we feel with you gone?”. The league will be better off without people like him with his trader racist flag- historical fact.
RayCiccarelli9.....who?
NASCAR response was great...
Is Ciccarelli italian for racist ? LOL, good riddance ;-(~
And as they say, don’t let the car door hit you in the ass on your way out.
I think FINALLEVEL should sponsor a team to fill his spot
An American icon and zero time NASCAR champion Ray Ciccarelli really likes to support losers. SMH
No one cares
Who ever heard of this guy before now? He just wants his name to be trending. I call his bluff!
loser
There is still the last confederate flag THE WHITE SURRENDER FLAG!!!!!
Same people wanting the freedom to fly a flag that no longer represents America or American values gets upset at others for kneeling
FTP 🖕🏽
Leave now why don’t you
Nobody knew who the hell he was anyway. So no onw will miss him
Good! Go away! Who needs you!
If a Ciccarelli fails on the track and no one knows who he is. Does anyone care?
Who is Ray Ciccarellu? Never heard of him🤣😂
Bye Felicia.
Who
Are you for the institutionalization of slavery?
Good bye!
This guy has 0 wins, and as far as I can see, has never led a lap in any race. My guess is he wasn't going to get rehired next year anyway.
Who?
Who?
Banning anything that glorifies confederacy is right because they were defeated and the time of war is ended. Doing otherwise will only keep the cause of war lingers and division alive instead of unifying as one under the Union flag. There is no such thing as united in diversity.
Bold statement from a 0-31 career driver. I’m sure NASCAR is looking for anyone with a pulse as a replacement
But he’s won so many races, so weird that he would leave. Odd.
I'm not a NASCAR fan but.....who?
Good riddance, you are not important anyway. Take that confederate flag with you.
Did u tell him they lost ? Most confederates still don’t know they lost .. I’m serious .. so this picture is lee surrendering his sword to grant in Virginia .. ok 👌
So the same people upset about Kaepernick kneeling during the anthem (disrespecting the actual flag) are pissed about the flag traitors used 150 years ago to secede from the union now being banned. Got it 🙄🙄🙄
I’m sure that’s why he’s retiring
Say the truth, he's complaining about pc culture and Nascar bending over fo political purposes. CNN, shameful reporting, incomplete malignant misinformation.
Another confederate surrenders, so on point.
Who? I think he sells corn dogs at entrance
Who?🤷🏻♀️
I like when total and complete losers think an organization is gonna be worse off without them. Later, jabroni.
🖕
Bye..👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻
Bye
Loser
Now I’m pissed......
Hey hillbillies...if you want a monument, win. Losers get a few relics in museums so people can look at the historical losers. Monuments are for winners.
This was a way to get his name out there because we never heard of him until now
He just wanted to save on gas. To continue LOSING as he does is expensive. He should have quit like a man. Instead, he tried to use ”a” race (🤣) card (Get it. NASCAR/Race...) 🤦🏽♂️ His record looks so bad; he couldn't win from light to light in the street. BoyBYE🤦🏽♂️🤣🤣
He never won a race sooooo bye bye
ya gotta realize .. the silent majority doesn't feel the same way as the liberals do. Middle states will rule. NJ and CA will fall in the ocean
Guess he finally took his hood off 😳
Ya, that's the reason.
Can he even fit in the car?
Bye Felicia!
BFD!
Ray must have been tired of winning .... just not at this sport
I think he was on his way out anyway so he thought it was safe to spout out his racism
awww poor boo boo is upset about his special flag!
The real reason is he sucks and nobody even knows who he is.
No one will miss this nobody.
He looks like Bertram from Jessie.
Get woke, go broke.
byeFelicia
Who?
That’s really sad. Who’s going to finish last now?
Everyone has their own individual priorities. Your racing record and your commitment to your profession shows what your priority is.
Looks like Confederate Flag lover and NASCAR driver rayciccarelli was literally laughed off of Twitter
Uhmm? WHO?
Who are you...he looks like the uncle with a 6 pack of Budweiser...
Intolerance wins the race.
Racist
Nobody never heard about him, with his 0 win so bro bye 👋
So how upset is he if he is going to wait until the 2020 season is over?
You mean the driver no one knows or cares about... till now apparently
I'm sure NASCAR will survive
Kisses! 💋💋 Bye. Bye 👋
Good riddance
Don’t blame him nascar has become a joke
I don't agree with banning everything we now disagree with but this guy is a nobody who really cares if he's gone or not
He’s a nobody.
I work in the racing industry and still don't know who he is 😂
Bye
See, we all have our own minds....America
That's one way to say you enjoy being a racist...I'm quittin' my job, this is horses poo.
I didn’t know Alex Jones was a NASCAR driver.