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
Did Stewart throw a punch in NASCAR hauler?
And you thought things were wild Friday night? When the garage opened at 8 a.m. Saturday, it was already abuzz about a possible confrontation between Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch in the NASCAR hauler on Friday night after they were in there to discuss their crash in practice that night.