Breaking News: Kurt Busch Suspended, again

AndyMarquisLIVE

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Stewart/Busch Tangle; Busch almost hits #20 crewman UPDATE 2 Suspension?: been asked why no penalty announced for #2-Kurt Busch on Tuesday [when penalties are usually announced], two reasons: 1) the Dover race was postponed from Sunday to Monday, so things got pushed back a day too; 2) the death of Bill France Jr. So we could see some sort of penalty announcement on Wednesday [June 6th]. ESPN2's NASCAR Now show reported that NASCAR officials met Tuesday afternoon about the situation. What happened? here is what I have posted in my race report: #20-Stewart and #2-Busch got together, Stewart finished 40th after the team made repairs, Busch came to pit road and ran close to the #20 and stopped, the jackman had to hustle to get out of the way, Busch then peeled out when he left, NASCAR parked Busch the rest of the race and will meet with NASCAR at the trailer after the race.(6-5-2007)
UPDATE: #2-Kurt Busch and #20-Tony Stewart dealt with more than damaged cars following their incident on lap 271 of Monday's rain-delayed Autism Speaks 400 at Dover International Speedway. They dealt with wounded feelings as well. The incident occurred when Busch tried to move up in front of Stewart and the left front of Stewart's car tagged the right rear of Busch's. Stewart then hit Busch again after Busch bounced off the wall. On pit road, Busch pulled up beside Stewart, who was sitting in his pit stall. NASCAR then parked Busch for endangering Stewart's crew members. A penalty is expected. They both paid for the accident, with Busch finishing 42nd and Stewart 40th.(SceneDaily.com)(6-6-2007)
UPDATE 2: been hearing that Busch will be suspended one race and miss Pocono, nothing confirmed yet, no word who would drive the car. And Auto Racing Sport.com is repoting the same.(6-6-2007)

http://www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm#news17
 
Dupontster

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I think they should let him be at Pocono....Not to race, but bring him out at the start/finish line just before the National Anthem and either let Tony kick the pee-pee out of him or pull his pants down and spank his butt right there so the whole world can see....
 
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Dupontster said:
I think they should let him be at Pocono....Not to race, but bring him out at the start/finish line just before the National Anthem and either let Tony kick the pee-pee out of him or pull his pants down and spank his butt right there so the whole world can see....
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Let that jackman have at keebler elf.
 
nachomama

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Softballkid said:
Basically, how will Tony shift if he breaks his hand punching that lil sh*t terd :shrug:
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I say, right after they do the National Anthem, they allow Tony's crew to bring a backup car to the start/finish line. Let the poor guy who had to jump out of Skurt's way in the backup car, put skurt on the hood and tell him to hold on for dear life. Then let the driver do what he wishes; run a couple laps, or just do donuts, with Skurt flailing in the wind.

When my brother did that to me, all I suffered was a broken wrist and a few scrapes and bruises. I was no worse for wear, and THAT would definitely be worth watching. :lmao:
 
Softballkid

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nachomama said:
I say, right after they do the National Anthem, they allow Tony's crew to bring a backup car to the start/finish line. Let the poor guy who had to jump out of Skurt's way in the backup car, put skurt on the hood and tell him to hold on for dear life. Then let the driver do what he wishes; run a couple laps, or just do donuts, with Skurt flailing in the wind.

When my brother did that to me, all I suffered was a broken wrist and a few scrapes and bruises. I was no worse for wear, and THAT would definitely be worth watching. :lmao:
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I just hope Tony wrecks his brother tonight :jet:
 
nachomama

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Softballkid said:
I just hope Tony wrecks his brother tonight :jet:
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Tony probably won't have to worry about him. JPM will probably take Kyle out. I'd love to see Ron Capps or Cruz Pedregon slap him into the wall :forgottoturnleft:
 
AndyMarquisLIVE

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nachomama said:
Tony probably won't have to worry about him. JPM will probably take Kyle out. I'd love to see Ron Capps or Cruz Pedregon slap him into the wall :forgottoturnleft:
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Speaking of JPM...

Is Newman racing? JPM owes him a few :evil:
 
Pete

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AndyMarquisLIVE said:
I would've taken 250 points and suspended his little keebler elf looking ass for 5 races, minimum.

REALLY REALLY BAD CALL :boo: :mad:
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I think you should boycott NASCAR because of this outrageous miscarriage of justice. Stop watching it, stop commenting on it, stop thinking about it.
 
Softballkid

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huntr1 said:
NASCAR.com blocked here. Can somebody cut n paste the pertinent text here?
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Kurt Busch penalized due to Dover pit-road infraction

By Official Release
June 8, 2007
03:37 PM EDT
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<!--endclickprintexclude--><SCRIPT language=JavaScript type=text/javascript>var clickExpire = "-1";</SCRIPT>DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR announced Friday that Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 2 Dodge in the Nextel Cup Series, has been penalized 100 championship driver points, fined $100,000 and placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31, 2007, for violating Section 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing -- reckless driving; endangering a crew member on pit road) of the 2007 NASCAR rule book.

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Busch vs. Stewart

Neither Kurt Busch nor Tony Stewart's crew were happy after the accident at Dover.





<!--endclickprintexclude-->Car owner Roger Penske has also been penalized with the loss of 100 championship owner points due to his driver's infraction.

During the Dover race, Busch crashed with Tony Stewart and showed his frustration by making contact with Stewart's car on pit road. He was parked by NASCAR for the rest of the race.

"I regret the incident that occurred at Dover and apologize to NASCAR, my sponsors, the fans, my Penske Racing team and Joe Gibbs Racing," Busch said in a statement. "I understand that safety is crucial to the sport and I accept the points penalty, fine and probation that NASCAR has imposed on me."

The penalty drops Busch from 11th in the championship standings to a tie with Greg Biffle for 17th at 720 points behind leader Jeff Gordon.

The violation occurred on pit road during the race at Dover International Speedway on June 4.
 
Softballkid

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Stewart's crew smoking after pit hazard with Busch

NASCAR parks Busch at Dover; penalties may come

By Dave Rodman, NASCAR.COM
June 5, 2007
12:05 PM EDT
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<!--endclickprintexclude--><SCRIPT language=JavaScript type=text/javascript>var clickExpire = "-1";</SCRIPT>DOVER, Del. -- The latest episode of Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch's on-track antics unfolded Monday at Dover International Speedway, and it once again ruined potential winning runs for both men.

But the most fortunate aspect of the day, for both teams but mostly for Busch and Stewart's jack man Jason Lee, was that Busch's No. 2 Penske Racing Dodge didn't strike Lee when Busch intentionally ran into Stewart's car, which was parked on pit road (watch video).

<!--startclickprintexclude-->"What matters is they want pit-road safety and they got a guy doing a bonehead move like that. We all got families to go home to at night."

Jason Lee, No. 20 crewman






<!--endclickprintexclude-->Busch was penitent afterward.

"I wanted to make a point, but when you make a point like that it always ends up making it worse," Busch said. "It was my fault for doing that. The issue was out on the racetrack. It was not on pit road."

Lee, who said Busch "probably" would have hit him, wasn't in a mood to accept any apology.

"I was working on our car and I just saw our car start moving, I looked up and saw [Busch] in the side of it," Lee said. "Who knows what he was thinking, [but] he just needs to think about things before you do stuff like that. I didn't do anything to him, and I wasn't involved in the incident."

"What matters is they want pit-road safety and they got a guy doing a bonehead move like that," Lee said. "We all got families to go home to at night. If he's got a problem with Tony he needs to take it up with Tony in the motorhome lot after the race, and not jeopardize these crew guys out there.

"They all want pit road safety, and we have to wear helmets and fire suits, but you can't combat [a car]. Ninety-nine percent of incidents on pit road are caused by impatience or a mad driver. They need to get away from that. Those guys don't think about it when they're strapped in a racecar. But if they were out of the racecar and on the other end they'd think differently about it."

Crew chief Greg Zipadelli was upset as well.

"I just saw [Busch] come down [pit road] and run into the side of the car," Zipadelli said. "That's pretty stupid when there are other people out there. Obviously, there was no give-and-take out there and that's why we're in the situation we were in." (Continued)

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Softballkid

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Busch's action resulted in him being immediately parked by NASCAR for "aggressive driving." He was also called to the NASCAR hauler for a post-race meeting that included Nextel Cup Series director John Darby, vice president for competition Robin Pemberton and NASCAR president Mike Helton.

Per standard procedure, a NASCAR spokesman said any further action would be determined following NASCAR's weekly post-event competition meetings.

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Kurt Busch and Tony Stewart made contact on Lap 271, but their feud carried to pit road, after which Busch was parked.



<!--endclickprintexclude-->Lee said he was comfortable with whatever NASCAR did going forward.

"I didn't know that they parked him [because] we were worried about fixing our own car," Lee said. "I don't know what they're going to do about it. That's for [NASCAR] to decide and they'll do the right thing with it."

The altercation, which Busch said had been brewing for several restarts and a number of laps, came to a head on Lap 271 when Busch and Stewart were racing for position in the middle of the top 10, in a line with Greg Biffle and Denny Hamlin.

After a number of laps of sparring with Stewart, Busch drove underneath him going through Turns 3 and 4. But coming off Turn 4, the pair made contact.

Stewart's left-front fender caught Busch's right-rear corner as Busch tried to pull up in front of Stewart, which turned Busch into the outside frontstretch wall and caused Stewart to slap the concrete broadside.

Busch spun down the frontstretch and eventually came to rest on the apron in Turn 1. When the caution flew, Stewart came to pit road before Busch, and parked in his pit stall to check his car's damage.

Lee had come around the front of Stewart's car to check the damage to the corner when Busch rolled into Stewart's pit box, parallel to the No. 20 but at a slight angle, Lee had to jump over the right-front corner to avoid Busch, whose car stopped touching Stewart's.

Busch then backed up, turned away from Stewart's car and drove to the garage area, where he was held by NASCAR officials for the rest of the 400-lap race.

"I raced the guy all day long and for some reason he just didn't give an inch," Busch said. "We were racing real well, 10-15 laps side by side and I had about 90 percent of my car past him and he wrecked me flat out.

"I was maybe not clear by a few inches, but he bumped me on another restart -- he hit me on another restart. I have no idea what Tony Stewart had for us [Monday]. He finally wrecked me. He got accomplished what he wanted to do. I'm still very confused by it.

"I saw a ton of cars stack up in the mirror behind us, which meant we were racing way too hard. He didn't want to give an inch."

Stewart followed Busch to the garage but remained in his car and declined to comment while it was repaired.

Stewart returned to the race during its sixth caution period -- from laps 338-342 -- and came back on track in 41st position, 63 laps behind leader Ryan Newman.

Stewart circulated long enough to pick up one position and then returned to the garage, where he exited his car and had an extended Q&A session with the media, in which he made his points perfectly clear.

"He wasn't clear off of [Turn] 4. It's a shame," Stewart said. "We were racing him the way he's been racing us for a whole year. He's raced us every lap like it pays a million dollars. (Continued)

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