“I Have No Problem Saying It” Kurt Busch Spill the Beans on NASCAR Double Standard Over Not Punishing Kyle Busch

The NASCAR Cup Series race last Sunday witnessed two questionable incidents. Ryan Preece wrecking Ty Gibbs and Kyle Busch wrecking John Hunter Nemecheck. But only the former got punished and many believes it was owing to the radio rant from the RFK Racing driver before the incident.

Hall of Famer Kurt Busch talked about it on his latest appearance on the Door Bumper Clear podcast. He sees it clearly an issue with NASCAR, as he finds it unfair a driver will get penalized based on his rant on the team radio. With just looking at the audio and SNT data, the sanctioning body overlooked the importance of the eyeball test.

Well, that’s the problem of the problem. NASCAR shouldn’t go off of what someone says on the radio. They should be able to still look at the eyeball test.

Kurt Busch said about the drama.

Further talking about the point, Kurt Busch admitted that just like Preece, his brother Kyle Busch also deserved to get punished if they are holding on to the same standard. He personally feels both the incidents were on the same doghouse and it feels the two times champion escaped without punishment as he didn’t have a radio rant and even blamed JHN post-race on social media creating a narrative.  

What my brother did to John Hunter was the same exact thing. And there could have been maybe one or two words. Now you’re in like a court room. You may have or you could have… you change one little word in a sentence. But to have Preece penalized and not my brother, I mean I have no problem saying it. They both should have been in the same doghouse, personally.

Kurt Busch added via Door Bumper Clear podcast.

Kurt Busch was once fined $100K for a similar incident

It not the first time the sport has punished someone based on their comments on the radio, or even after the race. Kurt recalked the time he got in trouble after an All-Star race in the early 2000. He wrecked Robby Gordon late in the race to get a caution. But the move didn’t work out for him, as he didn’t have a car fast enough.  

There was an All-Star race where I think it was Dale Jr. won or Newman won, and I needed a yellow, so I wrecked Robby Gordon late in the race. And I didn’t say anything, but the yellow came out, we got another set of tires. And I still wasn’t quick enough to catch them. I think it was the year Jr. one. What was it, ’02?

Kurt Busch said.

On Tuesday after the race, he was caught off guard during a radio interview and he accidently admitted that the wreck was deliberate. NASCAR didn’t take it lightly, as the 2004 champion was fined a whopping $100K and get docked points, despite it being an exhibition race and also got him in Richard Childress’ hit list.

Anyway, I was on a radio show Tuesday afterwards. I can’t remember what show it was, it could have been like 106.5 downtown. I was just off guard or it was early morning, I said, ‘Oh yeah, I wrecked him. I was just looking for a yellow because I needed one more shot, I wanted one more shot.’ On Wednesday, NASCAR issued me a $100,000 penalty. Docked points. Even though it was the All-Star race. And then Richard Childress wanted to fight me by Friday.

Kurt Busch added.

The comments from the veteran are on point, shows how there is clear inconsistency and lack of proper decision making when it comes to punishments in the sport. It would be interesting to see how the sanctioning body is going to respond to the criticism from the racing community.

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