The circus returns: Busch saga brings mainstream media back to NASCAR
I was wrong.
Last weekend is was fights in the pits at Charlotte and main stream media was all over it. The circus is back in town this weekend at Phoenix International Raceway, where Kurt Busch will be competing in the penultimate NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the year.
Friday morning, the Dover (Del.) Police Department announced that it was investigating Busch for alleged domestic assault against his former girlfriend, Armed Forces Foundation President Patricia Driscoll.
According to court documents obtained by the Associated Press, Busch was allegedly despondent on the night of Sept. 26 after qualifying 22nd for a Sprint Cup race at Dover International Speedway.
"He was verbally abusive to her and said he wished he had a gun so that he could kill himself," the AP quotes the documents as saying.
"Driscoll said Busch, 36, called her names and accused her of 'having spies everywhere and having a camera on the bus to watch him,'" the AP reported. "He then jumped up, grabbed her face and smashed her head three times against the wall next to the bed, the documents say. Driscoll says she pushed Busch away and ran from the bedroom, going to a nearby bus to put an ice pack on her head and neck. She said the incident caused her severe pain, difficulty breathing and bruising on her neck. A hearing in the case is scheduled for Dec. 2."
Naturally, Busch denies Driscoll's version of the "facts."
Through his attorney Rusty Hardin, the same attorney representing Adrian Peterson in his child-abuse case, Busch is denying he did anything wrong. Fox Sports