DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Seven drivers will go to the rear of the field prior to the start of tonight’s Budweiser Shootout, including polesitter Kurt Busch.
Hendrick Motorsports’ Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon and Penske Racing’s Ryan Newman and Busch and Wood Brothers Racing’s Bill Elliott will go to the rear for changing to backup cars for the race after damaging their primary cars in crashes Friday at Daytona International Speedway. Michael Waltrip Racing’s Dale Jarrett will drop to the rear for making an engine change prior to the race and Hendrick’s Casey Mears will move to the rear after failing to be present for the qualifying draw....
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - A meeting in the NASCAR hauler Friday night after an on-track incident between driver Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch ended abruptly when Stewart allegedly struck Busch in the presence of NASCAR officials and left the hauler, four sources with knowledge of the incident told The Charlotte Observer and ThatsRacin.com.
The physical altercation was the reason NASCAR vice president Jim Hunter told a gathering of media outside the hauler Saturday evening that another conversation with the two drivers would be held Saturday morning, the sources said.
Stewart was seen exiting the rear side entrance of the NASCAR hauler not long after both drivers had arrived. Busch remained in the hauler and eventually left, once a golf cart was summoned for him, sources said.
When asked Saturday whether NASCAR officials Robin Pemberton, John Darby and Hunter witnessed Stewart strike Busch in their presence in the NASCAR hauler Friday evening, NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston replied, “What transpires in the NASCAR hauler, remains in the hauler.”
Asked if that included acts of violence, Poston replied, “It includes anything.”
A check of local police records showed no charges had been filed against Stewart
I thought something was fishy about that....his crew chief knew nothing about it when asked at the drawing. lol