NASCAR spokesman David Higdon said the decision was made Friday to hold the sport’s Xfinity and Camping World Truck series banquets at another location, as well as the Sprint Cup Series’ championship weekend news conference event…

“We were monitoring it closely and started looking at our own relationship with him and how it may have an impact and ultimately made the decision it does not make sense to continue that,” Higdon said. “… We looked at everything that was said and done and we heard from a lot of our partners and friends and factored all that in.”