Gay drivers in nascar
Was Jeff Gordon Gay? When a Fake Report Took NASCAR Nature By Storm
The NASCAR fandom is not exactly known to be the most liberal in sports. The Southern roots of the racing discipline ensure that strict traditions and values are upheld no matter the cost.
Although this approach is molding into a culture more accommodating with time, it is just not there yet. This is why a rumor about Jeff Gordon being gay shook the very roots of stock car racing.
A report published by the artificial news website Empire Sports said that Gordon had confirmed that he was in a lesbian relationship with Stephen Rhodes, the first openly gay driver in NASCAR.
Over million fans study and over 1, commented on the parody article, believing that the news was true. Needless to say, they were completely outraged.
However, the piece contained many signs to suggest that the writer was playing a prank on his readers. It reads in one place, “The new couple has sparked a firestorm in the southern states where the rednecks tend to live.”
The website itself admitted that it reports only satirical news and th
Devon Rouse is in exceptional company.
The year-old Burlington, Iowa native is only the second openly gay driver in NASCAR history. He follows in the footsteps of Stephen Rhodes, who became the first openly gay driver to oppose in a NASCAR national touring series event when he made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut in Driving the No. 66 Dodge for MLB Motorsports, Rhodes ran in two Truck Series races. Rouse, who is set to run in his second Truck Series race in June, is following in Rhodes' tire marks, while also striving to carve out his own historic path in the sport.
He still has a long way to go to achieve his ultimate auto racing dreams, but if the NASCAR driver who he's idolized since childhood is any indicator of his future, Devon Rouse came here to do two things: win and give one hell of a post-race interview.
Jeff Gordon Is His Longtime Role Model
Devon Rouse has looked up to Jeff Gordon since he was a kid. Of course, Rouse was chiefly drawn towards Gordon's predilection for winning. With four NASCAR Cup Series titles to his name, Gordon is also the winningest d
Did Stephen Rhodes, the First Openly Male lover NASCAR Driver, Confront Any Resistance in the Sport at the Time?
Former NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver, Stephen Rhodes made his debut in the sport back in Two years before he did, at the age of seventeen, he came out as gay to become the first openly homosexual driver in stock machine racing.
Climbing the ranks of motorsports is hard enough as it is. Did publicly uncovering his sexual orientation make things harder for him, particularly with the stigma that is often buried deep into society towards homosexuality?
The former driver said in a interview on NASCAR Race Hub, as reported by FOX Sports, that he did not face much resistance after coming out. However, it was not love he cared about it. He said, “I don’t consider going into a sport – having to face the ones that either like me or don’t like me – is anything any different than I live any day.”
Living in the Southern part of North America, where the population is often largely regarded as on the conservative side, the now year-old did not feel deterred either. He added, “I live in t Devon Rouse swallowed a handful of pills and hoped he wouldn't wake up. A middle-schooler at the time, Rouse says he was tortured by leading dual lives. In public, he was one version, from the outside seemingly happy and carefree. Deep down, he knew he was gay and wanted to be himself. But he never told his friends and family back then. Hiding his truthfulness never got easier, and the more time went on, the heavier the burden became. Eventually, it overwhelmed him so much that Rouse wanted to terminate it all. The next morning, though, he woke up. Weeks later, Rouse once more tried to die, he says, swallowing more pills. The next morning, again, he awoke. "I had no clearness in my head," Rouse says. "Only darkness." After his suicide tries, Rouse began to accept that God had something vital in store for him. At the time, Rouse wasn't only a fresh man coming to grips with his sexual orientation; he also was a whiz behAfter making history as an openly gay driver, Burlington's Devon Rouse chases even bigger NASCAR dreams