Last weekend a few things took place with a few laps to go and in the course of getting repairs to his car, when his team was done with him on pit road, he went screaming out of his pit, passing through Ryan Newman's pit. Apparently it was a wee bit too close for some in that pit stall because I believe there were still a few guys standing around in it.
After the race, some of the crew for Ryan Newman's No. 39 car, took offense to the behavioral patterns they were observing and a few of them went over to Kurt's pit stall to "chat" about it!
Oops.
Here's how things look when all was said and done today after NASCAR handed out the penalties:
"NASCAR has fined Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 51 car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, $50,000 and placed him on NASCAR probation until July 25 for his actions during the May 12 race at Darlington Raceway.
Kurt Busch violated Section 12-1 (Actions detrimental to stock car racing; reckless driving on pit road during the race; involved in an altercation with another competitor after the completion of the race) of the 2012 NASCAR Rule Book.
Craig Strickler, a crew member for the No. 51 team, has been fined $5,000 and placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31 for violating Section 12-1 (Actions detrimental to stock car racing; interfering with a member of the broadcast media).
(Seriously, Craig? Did you not take notes when Kurt went off on Jerry Punch?)
Tony Gibson, crew chief for the No. 39 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team, has been placed on NASCAR probation until June 27 for violating Section 12-1 and Sections 12-4G and 9-4A (Crew chief assumes responsibility for the actions of his team members, aka, Rueger?).
Andrew Rueger, a crew member for the No. 39 team, has been fined $5,000 and placed on NASCAR probation until June 27 for violating Section 12-1 (Actions detrimental to stock car racing; failure to comply with a directive from a NASCAR official)."
It is not even fall yet and the "leaves are falling off the Busch"!
ReplyDeletePoor Kurt Busch, he just don't seem to learn from all of his past mistakes. How many times does it take beating your head against the wall to figure out that if you stop doing that your head will feel a whole lot better?
I guess since Kurt and James Finch do not have a contract, only a handshake deal, and considering the quote from Finch saying that since there is no contract, "I can't fire Kurt and he can't quit, therefore, if we have a problem we can only fight".
Since Kurt has stated openly that this is a rebuilding year for his character, and that this year is the year for him to rebound and secure a better job next year, he is falling very short on showcasing "the new Kurt"!
Therefore, since Finch can't fire Kurt, he needs to break Kurt's nose and bust a fat lip up on Mr. Busch to get him to understand that he is killing his team, and thereby ruining his chances of ever getting a quality ride with his rotten demeanor, bad attitude, cancerous, flappy mouth!
It is my opinion that Kurt Busch is still just a cancer to every team that he has landed a job with in NASCAR!
In others words, James Finch needs to hire Jimmy Spencer for a week to set Kurt straight! LOL...
ReplyDeleteAnd wasn't this going to be the year where he was going to have "fun???"