News couldn’t get any wilder than this, as NASCAR reveals it is, in fact, deathly afraid of a little bit of metal, checking under their beds for Slayer every night.

This week has been a wild one for fans of metal, beginning with the police being called on a ‘suspicious’ looking group that just turned out to be a metal band in the parking lot. Just yesterday Behemoth frontman Nergal was kicked out of YMCA for not believing in Jesus Christ. These metal hate crimes never end, and now it seems it’s time for Slayer to cop some unnecessary hate.

Slayer has in fact been pulled out as a sponsor from NASCAR due to being far too scary. Seriously.

A collaboration was recently announced between Slayer and Rick Ware Racing, in which NASCAR driver JJ Yeley was incredibly excited to be showing off Slayer’s iconic logo on his car at the annual Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race.

“NASCAR racing and Slayer have a lot in common,” guitarist Kerry King said. “Both are extremely fast, intense and aggressive. I can think of nothing more rad than seeing the Slayer logo on Rick’s car with JJ behind the wheel. I’m sure Disciples of everyone involved will be completely stoked on the bond between these two fierce entities!”

Yeley commented, “I am super pumped to have the legendary metal band, Slayer, on my Rick Ware Racing No. 54 Chevrolet for one of the greatest races of the year, the Bristol night race! Being able to showcase the legacy that Slayer has created over the past 40 years is a true honor.”

However now it seems that the band is far too scary for the team, and they have been pulled as the primary sponsor. The official reason is “due to reactionary concerns,” which is essentially just a delightful way of saying “metal scary we no like.”

All Slayer visuals have been removed from the car, and ‘PODS Moving & Storage’ will now take the band’s place as a sponsor.

For all the excitement that the band and Yeley were showing for this pairing, it seems it was all in vain, all because NASCAR’s long-time sponsors just aren’t fans of metal.

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