Bad Boys: Kurt Busch - On Friday night, Kurt Busch had a literal "run-in" with a traffic control person at the "Cars" premiere at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Apparently, Busch was following a police escort when the traffic controller tried to stop Busch's car by stepping in front of it. (maybe he wanted an autograph?) Busch brushed by, grazing the man's knee. The man's knee was checked out after he finished work about 15 minutes later. Nothing further will happen as a result of the incident, as it appears no one knows who should do something about it - Nascar claims it wasn't their event, track security was not contacted, and the local authorities can't do anything without a report.
Not to be out-done by his brother's second run-in with traffic control laws, Kyle Busch drug a Nascar official away from the ambulance after a caution flag. Casey Mears slid to start crash, which culminated in Busch violently crashing into the wall. Busch was so disgusted with Mears that he pulled the official from taking him to the ambulance and threw his HANS device at Mears. This happened in the same week Busch pled guilty to improper driving in Richmond, VA.
Bad Luck: Tony Stewart crashed twice this weekend - first in the Busch race on Saturday, and then in the Cup race on Sunday. At this time, he has a broken right shoulder. Will this slow down his extracurricular driving activities? In addition to his Cup duties, he has more Busch races on-tap, a Modified race in New Hampshire in July, and the Prelude to the Dream Late Model race at Eldora next week. And that's just what he's told us about ...
Kevin Harvick, who has been solidly in the top 10, had another bad race, following his trouble at Darlington. Harvick had a tailpipe that broke, which caused him to be stuck in the garage for several laps.
Is it me or does Jeff Gordon have the same undiagnosed mechanical problem every other race?
Bad Endings: The Indy 500 was a bad ending for the Andretti family - leading the race going into the fourth turn, Marco Andretti looked destined to win the race as a rookie. However, Sam Hornish had other ideas and took the race at the line.
Scott Riggs was leading the Coca-Cola 600 when he had problems in the pits that probably cost him the race. The only solice had to be that his teammate won (although that might be more like salt in an open wound).
Jimmie Johnson finished second in the 600. Given his domination at Lowe's over the past few years, second has to feel strange.
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