{"id":242870,"date":"2026-05-28T16:12:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/nascar-suspends-23xi-racing-employee-evanna-howell-after-alleged-golf-cart-assault-of-77-year-old-man\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:12:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:12:52","slug":"nascar-suspends-23xi-racing-employee-evanna-howell-after-alleged-golf-cart-assault-of-77-year-old-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/nascar-suspends-23xi-racing-employee-evanna-howell-after-alleged-golf-cart-assault-of-77-year-old-man\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Suspends 23XI Racing Employee Evanna Howell After Alleged Golf Cart Assault of 77-Year-Old Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2220032\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/evanna-howell\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Evanna Howell<\/strong><\/a> is being suspended indefinitely from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/nascar\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">NASCAR<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old NASCAR team member and senior account manager for 23XI Racing was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NASCAR_Comms\/status\/2059749794235523122\" target=\"_blank\">indefinitely suspended<\/a> from the racing organization following an apparent incident over the weekend before the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-evanna-howell-was-reportedly-arrested-over-the-weekend\">Evanna Howell was reportedly arrested over the weekend<\/h3>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NASCAR_Comms\/status\/2059749794235523122\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\">document released by NASCAR<\/a> on Wednesday (May 27) said she was suspended indefinitely for a \u201cbehavioral\u201d reason.<\/p>\n<p>According to Charlotte\u2019s local news <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2026\/05\/28\/nascar-team-member-suspended-indefinitely-after-incident-charlotte-motor-speedway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WBTV<\/a>, Cabarrus County court records claim she was arrested on Saturday (May 23), and the arrest warrant alleged that she used a golf cart to assault a 77-year-old man. She was charged with assault with a deadly weapon causing serious injury, and that he sustained a \u201csevere laceration.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/evanna-howell.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"1182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/evanna-howell-788x1182.jpg\" alt=\"Evanna Howell\" class=\"wp-image-2220035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/evanna-howell-788x1182.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/evanna-howell-428x642.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100px, 100vw\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>It is not yet clear what led to the crash. The outlet also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2026\/05\/28\/nascar-team-member-suspended-indefinitely-after-incident-charlotte-motor-speedway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained her mugshot.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She was reportedly released on bail from the Cabarrus County jail on Tuesday (May 26) after posting a $125,000 bond. Her next court appearance is for June 16, via <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nascar\/breaking-news\/article\/23xi-racing-employee-suspended-by-nascar-after-allegedly-hitting-someone-with-golf-cart-at-charlotte-motor-speedway-115041646.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahoo.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Evanna Howell<\/strong> received the NASCAR Partner Award during the 2024 NASCAR Drive for Diversity Awards back in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>23XI Racing is owned and operated by <strong>Michael Jordan<\/strong>, along with <strong>Denny Hamlin<\/strong>. As of right now, there has been no public statement from the team regarding the suspension.<\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/evanna-howell\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Evanna Howell<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/nascar\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASCAR<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/28\/nascar-suspends-23xi-racing-employee-evanna-howell-after-alleged-golf-cart-assault-of-77-year-old-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Evanna Howell is being suspended indefinitely from NASCAR. The 35-year-old NASCAR team member and senior account manager for 23XI Racing was indefinitely suspended from the racing organization following an apparent incident over the weekend before the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Evanna Howell was reportedly arrested over the weekend A document released [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":242871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-242870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}