Kurt Busch would like to put an end to the on track feud that has developed between himself and Tony Stewart starting all the way back to this season’s opening race, the Daytona 500. Busch said he wants to “move forward” and that the “real incident was out on the racetrack”; that is, his run-ins with Stewart.
“But what happened on pit road is the real story. I reached out for Jason Lee (the Stewart crewman he nearly hit) and left him a message to clear some of the air on things, to let him know that it was not my intention at all to put him in danger.
“What the beef is, is between me and Tony out on the track.”
Busch said he was waiting for J. D. Gibbs, who runs Stewart’s team, to set up a meeting with Stewart. “Tony’s got a lot of things going on,” Busch said. “The guy is a two-time champion; I respect him. Everybody in the garage respects his driving ability. “He just seems to absorb a lot with all the things he does outside the track. It’s almost like he’s our NASCAR version of Rosie O’Donnell right now. “The point why I stopped (on pit road) is I wanted to convey how serious the issue was. I wanted him to look me in the whites of my eyes and see how upset I was.”
Busch conceded: “We need to discuss how we can move forward out on the track together.”
In part from nbc17.com
Okay, here we go, for all those who have said that he didn’t put that crewman in danger, even he admitted it. So suck it up and let it go. At least he seems to be trying to be the bigger man here and make apologies for his mistakes.
I’d “want to clear the air” too if a large part of Nascar nation
hated me. Oh well, atleast he admits what he did was stupid. And I
suppose there’s no point in starting the debate over his motives.
Yes, I think it’s commendable what he’s saying & if he’s doing that. I think it would be commendable for any driver to correct a wrong that they had made. after all, they are role models. Also, it’s not necessarily what you did wrong sometimes, it’s what you did to fix that wrong that matter’s, sometimes. I thought it was pretty funny to read that he called Tony the “NASCAR version of Rosie O’Donnell”, lol. I don’t think Tony is anywhere close to the the level of the dumb, dumb little girl. She makes me gag. I can empathize w/Kurt about “wanting him (Tony) to look me (Kurt) in the whites of my eyes and see how upset I was”. Seriously, Regardless of how wrong it might be, who hasn’t done that before. Even just on the level of being a parent I have to do this w/my4 yr. old from time to time so he knows “daddy means what daddy says.” All in all it’s just my 2 cents.
It wasn’t Kurt that called Smoke the Rosie O’donnel of NASCAR…it was Jeff Gordon! He said it after Tony made the comment about the races being set up! I must say that this weekends race was rediculous! I just hate how the best car NEVER wins! Its getting a bit annoying! Anyways…I think if I was in Kurt’s little shoes, I would appologize to. Smoke is the LAST driver that I would want to be enemys with! We all know Smoke is great at putting guys into the wall. Witch is why I love him!
Put them together on The Jerry Springer Show.
I would be telling everybody I didn’t mean to put that guys life in danger too. But the fact is…HE DID Put his life in danger! The punishment doesn’t fit the crime. Now maybe Nascar is realizing that they have screwed up some things…but this is a major screw up….You (Nascar) have to be just like a parent to these teams…that means equal punishment for all. I don’t mean everyone gets the same punishment for the “crimes” they commit…I mean consistency, consistency, consistency…everyone gets a thorough spanking. The harder the “crime”, the harder the punishment. Big damn difference between what Jr’s team did and Kurt almost hurting or killing a Stewert crew member, even if he “didn’t do it on purpose.”
They just need to kiss and make up. They are both little bitches!