NASCAR announced Tuesday that Kyle Busch has been fined for his actions after a mid-race wreck in Sunday’s Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
NASCAR said Busch violated Sections 12.1.a; 12.5.2.5.a; 12.8.a of the NASCAR rulebook and was fined $50,000 for a safety violation, actions detrimental to stock car racing and violating the NASCAR member conduct guidelines.
Busch’s Toyota crashed into the outside retaining wall in Turn 2 after Lap 125 contact from the No. 3 Chevrolet of Austin Dillon. Busch drove away with heavy damage but parked in the garage to end his race. While pulling into the garage area, Busch ran over several orange safety cones at a high rate of speed in the vicinity of spectators.
After Busch was forced to go to the infield medical center he commented on the incident.
“It wasn’t the 3’s fault. We’ll just take our lumps,” Busch said. “We were running like shit and we got wrecked, so that’s what you get when you run like shit.”
NASCAR Senior Vice President of Competition Scott Miller talked with SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Tuesday morning about Busch’s behavior.
“It was a situation that could have been bad. Fortunately, nobody got hit or anything like that,” Miller said. “It all worked out but putting people in harm’s way for no reason is something we take seriously.”
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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