Kyle Busch loses his drivers license

Kyle Busch

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Haha! We are betting that Kyle's Sprint Cup competitors probably don't think this is so funny.

Driver Kyle Busch pleaded guilty this afternoon to speeding in an incident we first reported on back in May. Busch was cited for driving 128 in a 45 mph zone in Statesville, North Carolina. Yes, he was going that fast.

As a result, young Mr. Busch will lose his driver's license for the next 45 days and was told by the judge to "Not drive any car during that time" along with fining him $1000.

Read the full story from thatsracin.com RIGHT HERE

While what Busch did was truly scary, we respect that he at least stepped up and took responsibility for it. And he accepted his punishment. No, the license revocation will not keep him off the track. He doesn't need a drivers license to race in any of the races. And oh, by the way, baby Busch is your current Sprint Cup points leader.

Busch has had more than his fair share of problems on the track with other racers too. From Richard Childress trying to give him a noogie, to the war of words with Jimmie Johnson and others, he's sort of become NASCAR's "Bad Boy". No, rest easy, there won't be any suspension forthcoming though we suspect that Busch and his team owner Joe Gibbs have had more than one conversation with the good Mister Mike Helton.

We could not think of any video more appropriate here:

Yet another 1st time NASCAR Sprint Cup Winner: Marcos Ambrose

Yes, there is nothing like Monday morning NASCAR racing. After a rainout on Sunday, the big boys of Sprint Cup racing took to Watkins Glen on an overcast, but dry morning.

And yes, as is wont to happen at a road course, there was plenty of car carnage.

Denny Hamlin plowed smack into the wall on lap 65 in what looked like a violent collision after his brakes locked up, he got up and walked away.

Also walking away were David Reutimann and David Ragan. Reutimann's car hit the wall and flipped multiple times before coming to a stop. He...and Ragan walked away.

The story of the day though was Ambrose, who is now the 5th first time winner on the circuit. We might add that he won 3 Nationwide races as well, all at the Glen.

Needless to say, you can consider him a pretty good road course driver.

Your final laps from NASCAR.com:



But it gets better... Boris Said wants a piece of Greg Biffle...
And the language is awesome...
((HT: NASCAR/ESPN/EdwinTV42))


When was the last time a driver told another that he'd show up with a black eye on a Wednesday in the future...??? The HQ doesn't care and wants to see it in person...

Stupid Indy car finish includes Will Power's salute to officials...

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Say this for the Indy car folks, they sure know how keep themselves thought of as "Minor League". The reason we say that is the way the end of Sunday's "MoveThatBlock.com" Indy 225 finished.

The boys...and girl, were racing at the rainy New Hampshire speedway and because of that, they had to finish the race a few laps early.

Oriol Servia

Apparently, Indy car races sometimes have problems at the finish. And in this case was the winner of the "MoveThatBlock.com" 225 at the New Hampshire Speedway, the actual winner?

Ryan Hunter-Reay had the lead when the race was slowed on lap 215 for moisture on the track. Officials, desperate to finish under a "Green Flag" tried to bunch up the cars and do a double-file restart on Lap 217.

After the green flag dropped, Oriol Servia, passed race leader Reay and had the lead when cars started skidding all over the wet track. The race was summarily "Red Flagged" and the same officials decided to revert back to the standings on lap 215 and declared Reay the winner.

Servia was....shall we say, less than thrilled.

As was driver Will Power, who apparently made a "less-than-polite", somewhat obscene gesture to the official (Brian Barnhart) who made the decision to restart.

Read the entire play-by-play of what happened from Boston.com RIGHT HERE

Interesting way to finish a race here. We don't dispute Indy Car's attempt at finishing the race, but we do question the time frame here. Was it something they could have waited out before trying the restart?

What ended up happening is confusion. Chaos even. We aren't sure exactly how, if you completed a green flag lap, that you can revert back to the order before the flag dropped. But then again, we aren't race officials.

Either way, it cements Indy Car's reputation as a bit of a side show. And arguably a "minor-league" circuit that draws drivers with bigger aspirations. It's really kind of sad because for those of us old-enough to remember the days before NASCAR was the auto-racing king, Indy Car truly ruled the roost.

Here is video of Mr. Power's salute:



And video of the attempted restart/finish, featuring an agitated Michael Andretti: