Ty Majeski, who will compete for the 2024 Truck title on Friday with ThorSport, was the final driver to transfer into the Championship 4 at Martinsville. As part of his Championship 4 duties, he, along with other final four members of each series were required to be in attendance Tuesday of this week for a production day to create and film content for the upcoming weekend. Majeski, however, wasn't there, resulting in a $12,500 fine from NASCAR. Series officials cited "failure to complete media obligations" as the reason.
But it's not like Majeski was having a lazy day at home or simply forgot. He had flown home to the pivotal battleground state of Wisconsin to vote in the 2024 presidential election.
And as Majeski noted, he wasn't even part of the Championship 4 until locking in last weekend, just a few days before Election Day. And unlike many in the NASCAR world, he is registered to vote in a state other than North Carolina, thus creating this unique conflict.
"I didn’t know I was gonna be in the Championship 4 until a few days prior. I’ve always in my whole life been an election day vote guy. I’ve never done an absentee ballot. I wanted to make sure my vote was counted.”
“It’s obviously been a whirlwind for sure," said Majeski on Thursday. "Like I said, I’m really focused on the race Friday night. I felt like I needed to do my duty as a US citizen to vote. My team owners and I, Duke [Thorson], Rhonda [Thorson] and Allison [Thorson], we all made the decision to exercise that right.”
Majeski and team intend to appeal the fine, and yes, he was fully aware that he was skipping production day to vote.
"I didn’t specifically have much communication with NASCAR prior, said Majeski I let everybody internally at ThorSport handle those conversations prior to not being there on Tuesday, so I feel like they knew our position and it’s kind of unprecedented.
"It’s unfortunate circumstances for everybody. I don’t think anybody wants to be put in that position, but we have to have a free country to race in and that’s just part of being a US citizen, so I wanted to exercise that right."
