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Longtime NASCAR broadcaster Eli Gold has resigned from the Motor Racing Network, the company’s president David Hyatt confirmed to CATCHFENCE.com

Gold’s nearly 40-year tenure at MRN Radio dated back to the 1976 World 600 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway, where he covered Turns 1 and 2 for the network.

In addition to his duties at MRN, the 62-year-old Gold had been hosting the weekly syndicated show NASCAR Live since 1982.

According to the site Deadspin, the network took away Gold’s microphone and suspended him due to an incident that allegedly took place in April, while the Sprint Cup Series was in Richmond, Va. for the Toyota Owners 400. He worked the race at Talladega Superspeedway a week later, but was not in the MRN booth for the race the following weekend at Kansas Speedway.

MRN turn announcer and SiriusXM Satellite NASCAR Radio host Mike Bagley said at the opening of NASCAR Live the following Tuesday after Kansas that Gold was “away from the network working on some non-MRN related personal projects.”

Gold’s biography was recently taken down from the MRN website, confirming the Alabamian and famed radio network had parted ways.

No official replacement has been named for NASCAR Live, which has been through a rotation of hosts since Gold’s absence.

Gold did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding his resignation.