23XI Racing employee Evanna Howell has been indefinitely suspended by NASCAR after she allegedly hit someone while driving a golf cart before the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday.
Howell, 35, was arrested and charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon leading to serious injury following the incident, which occurred hours before the race. She had a court appearance on Tuesday and her next court appearance on June 16. She posted a $125,000 bond.
Wednesday, Howell was listed on NASCAR’s penalty report with an indefinite suspension for a behavioral violation.
According to Howell’s LinkedIn page, she is a senior account manager for 23XI, the team co-owned by Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin and NBA legend Michael Jordan.
23XI’s Tyler Reddick has been the most dominant driver in the Cup Series this season. Reddick won the first three races of the season and has added two more since. No other driver has more than two wins across the first 13 races of the season.
Hamlin is a distant second in the standings and 122 points behind Reddick. Bubba Wallace is 13th in the standings and Riley Herbst, 23XI’s other driver, is 27th in the standings. Before the season, 23XI and Front Row Motorsports prevailed in their legal fight with NASCAR after the sanctioning body agreed to a settlement during an antitrust trial over NASCAR’s charter system.