I don't know if Busch knew that he spun out himself. He might of thought >he'd been tapped but I guess whenever officals tell him something he really >comes out of his character. What I don't understand is that if you're 50+ >laps down and you don't fall in line appropriately why make a big stink >about it. I think NASCAR will fine him though. We'll see Tuesday.

From Jayski's Kurt Busch page:

"Kurt Busch hit the [inside] wall on the first lap at Darlington Raceway. > Then> he hit an official with a water bottle, bad-mouthed NASCAR over his radio > and> ended up in a closed-door meeting with series officials. 'His actions were> certainly not befitting of a champion,' NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter said > after> the Dodge Charger 500. 'He said things that are not fit for print.'">

If I were KB's lawyer, I would enter a plea of temporary insanity.

KB may need to negotiate a truce with the press as Stewart did.> He clearly needed a time out after his visit to the Oval Office.> Reporters need to get their stories to keep the show going;> drivers need a little space to get some perspective on what> has just happened.>

Once upon a time, I was very angry with one of my brothers-in-law.> Fortunately, someone told me, "A few moments of patience now> will spare me a hundred days of regret." I calmed down, let a> few days pass, and rescued my friendship with my brother-in-law.

NASCAR is actually a kind of "reality TV." We're watching folks> make ten thousand decisions under great stress. Some decisions> work out well (Biffle pitting), some don't (Martin mashing the gas).> KB made some boneheaded decisions last night. I hope someone> gets to him and helps him learn from his mistakes. I think Kenny> Wallace on Victory Lane said, "They explained to me that I need> them a whole lot more than they need me.">

I liked the way Jeff Gordon apologized for thunking Carl> Edwards in the late going. I didn't like the way JJ and Jr. made> no apologies for playing any part in the Dega wreck. Here's> a little script they could rehearse for the next incident: "I'm not> really sure what happened there, but I'm sorry for any mistakes> I made that might have hurt the other guys. We all have to> race safe out there.">

Marty

NASCAR is actually a kind of "reality TV." We're watching folks> make ten thousand decisions under great stress. Some decisions> work out well (Biffle pitting), some don't (Martin mashing the gas).>

Marty>

Shoot. I thought Mark's "mistake" worked pretty well for him, considering... >How often can you loose it and cause a caution with 4 or 5 laps left to go >in a race and STILL come back to a top 5 finish?

True. That's what made it so interesting. If it had been fiction, I> would have found it unreal. Since it really happened in the race,> it was fascinating.>

Marty>

Can anyone say "Days of Thunder"?

Worked pretty well for Biffle too...specially since theyre>teammates...­wink wink nudge nudge.

David.............­....................­..A>Newman fan crying in his beer

but why on earth did he react like that? has anyone heard anything> which might explain such a weird temper tantrum? was there something> else going on in his life or on the track?> Katharine>

True enough.>

If MM deliberately spun out while pretending to> pass a car that had just wiggled in order to set> up the win for his teammate, he should not only> get Driver of the Year for it but also the Good> Samaritan award. ­

MM's Motto--AnyBodyButHM­S!> As well as MM's Tmates give him 5 bonus points for leading a lap,> why is it out of the realm of possibility that MM would return> a favor?>

IMHO, why was there a caution thrown at all?> CRU>

I understand what KB did, and I understand that the quiet, calm, KB I>"met" last year when I picked up NASCAR wasn't the same KB of years>past.>

but why on earth did he react like that? has anyone heard anything>which might explain such a weird temper tantrum? was there something>else going on in his life or on the track?>

Katharine