Motorcoach driver fails in second attempt at NASCAR lawsuit
Quote selected text Published March 21st, 2008 in NASCAR News
A U.S. District Court Judge has dismissed a second lawsuit that David Scott, a black motorcoach driver who worked for Penske Racing, had filed against NASCAR stemming from a highly publicized 1999 incident at New Hampshire International Speedway.
The incident occurred when Scott was greeted by a pair of motorcoach drivers, one of whom was wearing a white pillow case over his head as if he were a member of the Ku Klux Klan. NASCAR indefinitely suspended the two motorcoach drivers involved.
Scott had claimed NASCAR and sister company International Speedway Corp. discriminated against him by not granting him a vendor contract he sought and that NASCAR discriminated against him for not following through with an alleged promise to hire him following the incident. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in New York City.
Judge Deborah Batts ruled in January that the statute of limitations had passed for all of the allegations except for the vendor-contract situation. The judge had ordered Scott to re-file the lawsuit to assert a plausible claim and the grounds for it.
The judge then dismissed the remainder of the case Wednesday, ruling that the new complaint did not expand on the original one.
“[Scott] was given explicit direction as to what set of facts could survive another motion to dismiss but chose not to change a single word in the description of the underlying events,” Judge Batts wrote.
In past court filings, NASCAR says that Scott was given several work opportunities that were declined and he was not qualified for the
racing official job he wanted.
Scott can ask the judge to reconsider her ruling and also can appeal the judge’s decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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Good for the judge! Another stupid lawsuit diverted…
After all the times our Legal system has let us down, they finally do something right.
I guess he needs to work for a living like the rest of us.
blah blah blah , another off weekend , happy Easter Kenneth .
We’re suppose to hand everything to the black man for something that happened forever ago and which 80% of the black people alive today were not even alive for at the time.
He wasn’t qualified for the “Racing Official’s position” for which he wanted due to qualifications but turned down all the offers for work that he was qualified for. Too bad, those PortaJohns need to be cleaned daily or they get really stinky poo!!
Does the man think he is this Driving MISS DAISY??????
Like Gomer Pyle sez “surprise, surprise, surprise”. Not really. Hey Scottie, I heard Obama needs a coach driver!
Our guest got it wrong, Obama FLYS, he needs a PILOT and old Scottie ain’t qualified again!
The worst thing about this is because the law says “every person is due his day in court” our tax $$$ go for paying to let old Scottie try to sue every body for a free hand out to the unqualified and undeserving jerks of the world…
Speaking of suing people what ever happened to the gate guard at Daytona who sued Kahne ???
He now has Scottie’s old coach driving job. (lol)
Y’all have made some comments WAY off the mark —he drove the motorcoach so how cn you say he needs to work he’s obviously a professional driver—if u aren’t & think tht’s not work YOU need to try it for a year! But then, y’alls probably one of those who cut the big trucks off or wander into their lanes!
Some of the comments here make me feel very ashamed of you! Grow up—or atleast shut up if u can’t say something intelligent!
just because he drove a motorcoach doesn’t make him a professional driver, you dont need but a regular drivers license to drive one, you dont need a CDL. i drive a 36′ one every week to the track. and he was an a_s who wouldnt work with our small family out here. he never fit in. he was new but that didn’t matter, he was lazy and a complainer. good riddance and dont come back David.
Well said Howie.
Guest: living in fl. I can tell you that “big rig drivers” at least in this state are any thing but professional and courteous when on the road.
I have been cut off by trucks more than cars and the only wandering into lanes is when one of your “profesional drivers” high on smack weaved over and run into me on the 95 interstate.
Oh and I do have a class 1 dl. for multi axle. So don’t come on here under the guise of “Guest” and expect any sympathy from us with your BS sob stories about “professional drivers”.
NASCAR was not being discriminating they were just to focused on other major issues at the time such as the car of tomorrow, cross burning and Toyota. As for the drivers high on smack come talk to teddy bear
Maybe he can go drive Snoop Dogs coach.