What should have been a real feel good story at Darlington was marred by the behavior of Kyle Busch. Regan Smith held off Carl Edwards on a green-white-checker restart for his first Nascar Sprint Cup win. However, what everyone will be talking about for the next week is the altercation between Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick.
Both drivers were being very aggressive in the closing laps. Kyle got into Harvick, who then bumped Busch from behind. They got side by side with Clint Bowyer to the inside spinning hard into the wall. From there Harvick managed to get ahead of Kyle who then purposely hooked the rear of the Budweiser #29 sending it into the outside wall.
As Regan Smith began to celebrate his win, Harvick and Busch continued to disagree on the track as Harvick pulled up behind Kyle. Harvick then drove onto pit lane with Busch parking directly behind him. Harvick then exited his car and walked towards Kyle's car. Busch then drove his car into Harvick's pushing it into the pit road wall and nearly clipping Harvick.
It is nothing short of a miracle that Harvick or someone else was not hurt. Kyle Busch is a very talented racecar driver, however, if Nascar does not punish him severely then they will never punish a driver. Kyle Busch needs to be suspended, it is that simple. If his actions both in the race, and on pit road, aren't enough to warrant a suspension, nothing is. It will be very interesting to see if Nascar actually has a spine.
Congrats to Regan Smith, just wish he would be the story this week.
New Jersey note: Martin Truex Jr. brought the Napa Toyota home in tenth.
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