http://jalopnik.com/what-racist-remark-got-jeremy-clements-suspended-from-n-450628274
After the driver's meeting, Clements said he was approached by a NASCAR employee who was escorting a reporter from MTV. The reporter asked him where driver Joanna Long's transporter was, and he walked them over there and continued to talk to them.
"And while we're walking they started, he (MTV) started, asking me questions," Clements said. "And it wasn't recorded. We were just talking. So I said one remark about how I wouldn'..."
He stopped short.
"I can't say that part," he said.
"That's pretty much how it happened," he continued. "And even after I said what I said, they still kept asking me questions. It didn't seem like it was a big deal at all. I didn't even think twice about it, like, after. I know I shouldn't have said it. Even when I did say it, I shouldn't have said it. But I didn't think it was going to be a big deal."
Earlier in the story, ESPN pressed Clements on whether the remark was "racial or not." He said it was, but declined to elaborate.
Clements would not verbalize the specific comments he made, but when pressed for clarity about whether or not it was racial he paused. Asked again by ESPN.com: "Was it racial or not? Maybe not in context, but in term?" Clements replied: "Correct."
"When you say racial remark, it wasn't used to describe anybody or anything," Clements said. "So that's all I'm going to say to that. And it really wasn't. I was describing racing, and the word I used was incorrect and I shouldn't have said it. It shouldn't be used at all."
It's not clear how the remarks came to light. Clements seems to imply that either the reporter or the NASCAR employee reported it to the governing body. His comments have not yet been printed or aired.
