|| *Comments on the 2011 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250:* View the most recent comment <#102> | Post a comment <#post> 1. Rusty posted: 06.04.2011 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Another race with a Cup driver dominating a lower tier series. Yawn. 2. Anonymous posted: 06.04.2011 - 6:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Snooze-fest 2011. A boring race at the most boring track on the schedule, won by a boring driver. 3. NazRacePhan posted: 06.04.2011 - 7:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow... a truck race where Kryle didn't lead ANY LAPS?!?!?!? AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4. 00andJoe posted: 06.04.2011 - 7:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And didn't even finish in the top 5. This is clearly a Sign of the Apocalypse. 5. Julio posted: 06.04.2011 - 7:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ....and got beat up by Richard Childress after the race for taking a cheap shot at RCR driver Joey Coulter, who dared to race Kyle hard (and clean) during the final laps. I love it! 6. 00andJoe posted: 06.04.2011 - 7:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Qualifying note: during the broadcast of qualifying, the ticker showed Ricky Carmichael as having turned in a time: 59.950 seconds. 7. Dodge posted: 06.04.2011 - 7:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) ....and got beat up by Richard Childress after the race for taking a cheap shot at RCR driver Joey Coulter, who dared to race Kyle hard (and clean) during the final laps. I love it! Supposedly Kyle bumped Coulter on the cooldown lap and Childress took it upon himself to get physical with Busch. If I am NASCAR, I BAN Childress from attending ANY events for the next handful of races. Coulter isn't even a good driver that deserves a truck ride. 8. RaceFanX posted: 06.04.2011 - 7:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Have at it boys," don't fine Richard a dime 9. potatosalad48 posted: 06.04.2011 - 7:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) When did the fight with Richard happen? Was it on TV? 10. AlmirolaFan88 posted: 06.04.2011 - 7:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Woah woah woah.....when did the Childress/Busch altercation happen? Kyle is a pussy, he couldn't handle a rookie passing him on the last lap so he bumped him on the cool down lap. Typical Busch. If it really did happen I'm glad Richard got in his face. 11. Anonymous posted: 06.04.2011 - 7:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dodge: "Supposedly Kyle bumped Coulter on the cooldown lap and Childress took it upon himself to get physical with Busch. If I am NASCAR, I BAN Childress from attending ANY events for the next handful of races. Coulter isn't even a good driver that deserves a truck ride." Seriously? Could you make it any more obvious how far up Kyle's ass you are? 12. Dodge posted: 06.04.2011 - 7:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) To me, the have at it boys is just driver to driver. Childress isn't a driver. Coulter probably rubbed on Busch to get the spot. I guess I was too hard on Coulter on my first post. Just I don't see any promise in him. As some have said in one post, he was pretty good in ARCA which almost always mean that when you get into NASCAR you are not going to have much success. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule as some do adapt nicely. Allgaier is at the top. Hell, Steven Wallace won in ARCA quite a few times in dominating fashion and he has yet to sniff out a win in Nationwide. It's easier to post those who never really had success. Not going to waste my time doing it though. Maybe at another time I will. 13. Bronco posted: 06.04.2011 - 7:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnny Sauter retakes the point lead, I'm hoping he never gives it up until Homestead. He is the only driver in the top 50 in points to have a win this season. 6 of the 8 races have been won by full time Cuppers, and one part timer. Travis Kvapil gets his first top 10 of his difficult season. 14. Anonymous posted: 06.04.2011 - 8:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sounds like Childress fights dirty. But I'm not surprised by the actions of a drunken redneck like RC. Not only can Busch not fight back because he's on probation, Childress just yanks him into a headlock and starts punching repeatedly? What a dick. Why don't you grow up Richard? Some example you're setting. Might as well have been beating up a man with no arms. OOOh, you're a big man, RC. Literally, you're a fat f*** who has about 150 pounds on Busch. Hopefully NASCAR throws the book at him. 15. MikeLowe posted: 06.04.2011 - 8:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sounds like yet another incident where Kyle Busch does his talking on the track, and then the loudmouth Childress camp can't wait until the end of the race to start throwing punches like a bunch of hillbillies. "Dat deng Kyule Bush done rubbed on mah cars, c'mon fellas lets get the trucks together, throw back some o' dem beers and start punching everything that moves. Weeeeee dogggie!" Can't stand Childress, his drivers, or their fans. 16. Anonymous posted: 06.04.2011 - 8:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle was the one who instigated the whole deal. He started running his fat mouth in the garage and Richard took care of it. Get a clue people. 17. JimmieJohnsonsNeatlyTrimmedBeard posted: 06.04.2011 - 8:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) You would NEVER seen Hendrick, Gibbs, or Roush doing what Childress did. But I guess that's the difference between sane, respectful owners, and some crazy idiot like Richard Childress. You know another difference between Hendrick, Gibbs, and Roush? Their drivers can win Cup championships in the last 17 years, and without someone named Dale Earnhardt. Take notes from those owners Childress, because they have class, and know how to win a title. It's not 1960 anymore, learn how to use your words and not your fists to solve your problems. And maybe, use some class and don't cheap shot someone that's on probation and can't fight back. You know, fight fair, or tell your drivers to keep their problems on the race track where they belong, you pathetic old fart. I don't care how badly Kyle Busch gets under your skin, putting him in a headlock, when he's clearly not interested in fighting, and punching him repeatedly, is cheap, dirty, and pathetic. I've lost all respect for Richard Childress and his drivers this year. The whole bunch are a bunch of sore losers and complainers. And if anyone here actually supports this kind of behavior, well I've lost all respect for you and your opinions as well. 18. Rusty posted: 06.04.2011 - 8:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's amazing how many people try to make the other guy out to be the bad guy while in an incident with Kyle Busch. Kyle Busch has been in some sort of controversy with almost everyone in NASCAR, and it is always the other guy who is the ass. Everyone out there but Kyle is an ass. I'm sick of seeing his name in the news every week. 19. Anonymous posted: 06.04.2011 - 8:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Seriously? Could you make it any more obvious how far up Kyle's ass you are?" Oh no, a driver tapped another driver on the cooldown lap because he wasn't happy with the way they were racing! This has never happened in the history of NASCAR! Who cares if it didn't cause any damage! That totally makes it ok for an owner to assault a driver in the pits with a barrage of cheap shots! YEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAWWWWWW, THIS NASCAR Y'ALL!!!!! 20. Ryan posted: 06.04.2011 - 8:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) RC vs. Kyle Kyle has been deserving this for some time now. He couldn't take someone racing him hard in the truck series and it happened to be a team in which he dsepises (although it's pretty much universal for Kyle, he despises anyone that races him hard). Like I say all the time, he just gets too emotional out on the track and loses his cool. And this is another example that backs up what I say. Unfortunately for him he got beat up by a 65 year old man. Lol, How ebarrassing. http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/blog/from_the_marbles/post/Report-Richard-Childress-and-Kyle-Busch-in-alte;_ylt=AgLlknOGQFBIrjlJeYesNlI5nYcB?urn=nascar-wp1701 21. JackDaniels posted: 06.04.2011 - 8:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sounds like Richard Childress should be charged with assault. I mean he literally, physically assaulted a driver who wasn't interested in getting into a fight. How is this not a crime? 22. potatosalad48 posted: 06.04.2011 - 9:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) While I don't agree with Childress going after Kyle, let it be known that Kyle not only startd the altercation, he did it because Coulter attempted to pass him. "Look at me, I'm Kyle Busch. I have 90+ NASCAR wins and I own a team even though I still owe the contractors who built my shop $3.2 million dollars. HOW DARE YOU RACE ME?!?!" 23. Yankees88 posted: 06.04.2011 - 9:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "While I don't agree with Childress going after Kyle, let it be known that Kyle not only startd the altercation, he did it because Coulter attempted to pass him. "Look at me, I'm Kyle Busch. I have 90+ NASCAR wins and I own a team even though I still owe the contractors who built my shop $3.2 million dollars. HOW DARE YOU RACE ME?!?!"" Are you kidding me? Busch tapped Coulter on the cooldown lap. Because Coulter got into him while racing for position late in the race. Those things happen all the time. And Busch did NOT start it in the pits, based on every account I have read so far. Childress confronted Busch, Busch said something that Childress didn't like, and Childress proceeded to physically assault a driver who was not interested in a phyisical confrontation. And even if he was interested, his probation would prevent him from doing so. He's not that dumb. Childress should be a jail right now for assault and battery, because that is what he did. And anyone who decries Busch for being immature, but supports Childress here, is a hypocrite. Childress should know better. 24. Anonymous posted: 06.04.2011 - 9:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Childress should be a jail right now for assault and battery, because that is what he did." This bears repeating. Richard Childress assaulted a driver. Busch has every right to have him arrested. Someone needs to let Childress and his drivers know that they should keep their differences with Busch on the track where they belong. I don't know why those guys are so pissed off all the time, all they seem to want to do is fight. How about you focus on winning a title instead? How about you focus on beating Busch on the track, instead of puffing your chest out and trying to win some stupid pissing contest after a race? 25. IglooRacer posted: 06.04.2011 - 9:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Clint bowyer wins. Nothing new in the land of nascar truck racing. Todd bodine gets only his second top 5 of the season. I feel like if James buescher hadn't had a dnq at Phoenix he would be a bigger threat to Johnny sauter. Somehow I keep thinking of the he kept hitting face off my fist for some reason line. . . . . 26. Dodge posted: 06.04.2011 - 9:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 11. Anonymous posted: 06.04.11 - 7:33 pm : Seriously? Could you make it any more obvious how far up Kyle's ass you are? Another fool that hides behind the name anonymous. I am only talking about the one that posted at the time above. Wish that the only way you could comment is with a name instead of anonymous. 27. Rusty posted: 06.04.2011 - 9:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Details about the incident leaking out a little. Supposedly Richard and Coulter confronted Kyle after the race, Kyle said some things that RC didn't like so he took off his watch, handed it to Austin Dillon then put Kyle in a headlock while punching him several times before Kyle fell to the floor in a defensive position. I don't condone violence, but I'm glad someone finally put Kyle in his place. 28. Brad posted: 06.04.2011 - 9:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Are you people serious? Calling RC a drunken hillbilly and saying he needs to be assaulted. This is NASCAR... Not California! If you don't like stuff like this, don't watch it! This is what NASCAR used to be and it's getting back to its roots. Go RCR!!!!!!!!!! 29. PJ1989 posted: 06.04.2011 - 9:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "It's amazing how many people try to make the other guy out to be the bad guy while in an incident with Kyle Busch. Kyle Busch has been in some sort of controversy with almost everyone in NASCAR, and it is always the other guy who is the ass." What color is the sky in your world? The only people that always side with Busch are his fans. No surprise there. But the huuuuuuuge majority actually do the opposite of what you say. Everything is always Busch's fault. This case is different because we're not talking about a racing incident. We're talking about a car owner assaulting a driver. Not surprisingly, a lot people have a problem with this, even though Busch is the one being assaulted. Some people can put aside their hatred of a driver and view this situation objectively. Me, for example. I have had my share of problems with what Busch does on the track, and says off the track, but I understand those things are part of the sport. However, what Childress did here is just wrong. As far as I'm concerned, he should be in hand cuffs right now. I don't want this kind of WWF bull crap in my NASCAR. 30. Anonymous posted: 06.04.2011 - 10:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Calling RC a drunken hillbilly and saying he needs to be assaulted." I'm looking over all the messages, and I don't see one single person saying Richard Childress needs to be assaulted. I do see someone calling him a drunken hillbilly, which I agree with. But you should learn how to read. 31. Benny posted: 06.04.2011 - 10:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think Kyle Busch deserved it after making harvick and burton mad in the last year. I think Richard said to him "Kyle I'm not gonna tolerate you making my drivers mad anymore." 32. Anonymous posted: 06.04.2011 - 10:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Another fool that hides behind the name anonymous. I am only talking about the one that posted at the time above. Wish that the only way you could comment is with a name instead of anonymous. " Why should I use a username? So stupid trolls like yourself can troll on my other posts? 33. dirtbag posted: 06.04.2011 - 10:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Kyle is a pussy," I don't care what you think of Busch, but someone that straps themselves into a racecar that goes 200 mph is not a pussy. Someone that goes 128 in a 45 zone is not a pussy. Have you done these things? No? Maybe you're the pussy. 34. DaleSrFanForever posted: 06.04.2011 - 10:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like we have Nolan Ryan vs Robin Ventura The Sequel with old guy getting the young guy in a headlock and punching the shit out of him. I didn't see this race because I was at the movies laughing my ass off watching The Hangover II. As far as 128 vs RC, I don't like either of them. But 128 has to be embarrassed to get beaten up by an old dude with a gut bigger than most pregnant women. You mess around in the lower Series, and when you are a hothead like 128 is anyways, this is what happens. Him and Harvick both need to limit their lower Series involvement for their own good. But since I don't like either of them, I'm glad this is happening. "You know another difference between Hendrick, Gibbs, and Roush? Their drivers can win Cup championships in the last 17 years, and without someone named Dale Earnhardt." I agree. I don't know why RC insists on stirring up so much controversy. He is trying so hard to have his organization be the badass team of the garage, but it completely distracts from what should be their ultimate goal. It is almost like Richard has realized "We can't beat that 48 team, but we need to win SOMETHING, so let's win the most controversial team award, which doesn't exist." Seriously, when he had Dale, did you EVER see Richard involved in any of this shit? Of course not. He knew his team would shut everyone up at the end of the year by winning the Winston Cup. Because they had Dale Earnhardt behind the wheel. Why didn't he go after Bill Elliott after he rammed Dale's car after the '87 Winston? Cause he knew he had the best driver out there and would silence everyone by beating them on the track. But on the flip side, 128 has had a beating coming for quite some time. You can't behave the way he does all the time and not get what you deserve (a beating) at some point. This is actually a few years late. Should I change his name I use for him from "128" to "The guy that got beat up by a 65 year old fat dude"? Verdict: They are both stupid, and I am glad to see them involved in this controversy which will distract both parties. 35. Anonymous posted: 06.04.2011 - 10:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm glad I don't have Speed, because there's no reason to watch Sprint Cup drivers win in a series they've supposed to have graduated from. 36. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 06.04.2011 - 10:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What a past couple of weeks Kyle Busch has had, first he gets ticketed for going 128 in a 45 MPH zone which would've gotten any of us ARRESTED! Now, he gets beat up by Austin Dillon's grandpa. My take on the situation is, if you're going to be running down in a lower series as often as Kyle does, you better be prepared to be raced as hard as possible by guys trying to make a name for themselves. I don't think Childress was in the right either. This isn't the way people generally solve problems in NASCAR nowadays, so I expect RCR to have a feud with Kyle for quite some time. 37. Watto posted: 06.04.2011 - 10:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "and then the loudmouth Childress camp can't wait until the end of the race to start throwing punches like a bunch of hillbillies." Serious question here. When's the last time Childress EVER did something like this? I seriously can't remember Richard doing something like this in my 20 years of watching NASCAR. His reputation isn't being a hothead at all, and the Kyle fans who are repeatedly calling him a drunken redneck don't have a leg to stand on. 38. 00andJoe posted: 06.04.2011 - 10:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not to mention a lot of it is the stupid Southern stereotyping which, if it was directed at almost any other socioethnic group would be considered the worst sort of bigotry. 39. soupclan posted: 06.04.2011 - 10:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) dodge, anonymous and others are idiots plain and simple, first of all i actually watched the race unlike the other idiots posting here.... the 22 ran kyle clean the whole time they were racing for 5th......they raced each other the last 10-15 laps for that position. very clean racing....on the last lap the 22 ran into the final turn side by side with kyle a little harder to try and get that spot finally. he ran up the track either by getting tight or just ran in to fast to stay on the bottom....still never made contact with kyle as he let off to avoid the contact....so coolheaded kyle apparantly forgets how cleanly he was raced by the 22 the previous 15 laps and decides to not be happy with him and runs into him on the cooldown lap....kyle races people hard all the time but when someone does it to kyle heaven forbid.....Kyle is an asshole plain and simple. however i do not condone what Richard Childress did either....not very cool at all....i think a fine is warrented but thats it. this all comes back on kyle.....the kid in the 22 did nothing wrong in fact the only thing he did wrong was not race kyle harder than he did....they never made any contact whatsoever during those final 10-15 laps. kyle is a hypocritcal asshole. 40. Cooper posted: 06.04.2011 - 10:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Doesn't surprise me. His brother got faceplanted by Mr. Spencer about 8 years ago. Eventually someone was going to do something. This is why you don't race in companion events. Stupid things happen. While Mr. Dollar General is getting his lights knocked out, all the Cup drivers are sitting in their motorhomes having a good time. While it is a joyous time for #18 (I'm still not legally allowed to say his name due to an earlier season altercation with his fans and other posters on this site can't say his name because well you know why) haters, the ones I feel bad for are Kyle Busch fans. They spend money and time to watch their favourite driver race and all they get is a driver that does 128MPH on public roads, gets into fights with senior citizens and complains about a 20 yeard old kid racing too hard. These are the times I'm glad that I can cheer for a driver that's only controversy is that he races too hard and has buck teeth. Eat my rubber #18 fans. P.S. NASCAR won't do anything because I just had a long conversation with Smokefan about a day ago in the 600 race page, and I clearly stated that they just really don't care. No ones getting suspended or banned, they will both be at the racetrack tomorrow morning in the drivers meeting because NA$CAR simply fails to do anything about anything. If Kyle was under probation isn't bumping a truck after the race non probational behaviour? I don't really have a side on who's right or wrong because they are both wrong. So I would just tell both of them to shut their traps, put their fists down and race. 41. AlmirolaFan88 posted: 06.04.2011 - 11:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Kyle is a pussy," "I don't care what you think of Busch, but someone that straps themselves into a racecar that goes 200 mph is not a pussy. Someone that goes 128 in a 45 zone is not a pussy. Have you done these things? No? Maybe you're the pussy." For someone who goes by the name "dirtbag", you've sure got your panties in a bunch bro. Take a chill pill, you'll feel less defensive afterwards. 42. Cooper posted: 06.04.2011 - 11:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ahhh man, this is going to get good... I will say, Kyle gives NASCAR fans alot to talk about. Sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad. I'm just glad I'm around to see it all! 43. MikeLowe posted: 06.04.2011 - 11:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Serious question here. When's the last time Childress EVER did something like this? I seriously can't remember Richard doing something like this in my 20 years of watching NASCAR. His reputation isn't being a hothead at all, and the Kyle fans who are repeatedly calling him a drunken redneck don't have a leg to stand on. " You should notice the important word you missed, the Childress CAMP. As in him, his teams, and his stable of drivers. And to then answer your question with taking note of that important word, about a month ago, when a Childress team decided to run down pit road to gang up on a driver who was not once again, not interested in duking it out with a bunch of a drunken hillbillies. 44. irony posted: 06.04.2011 - 11:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Don't think I'd be mad enough to completely lose it like that unless something happened we don't know about. Things can build up over time though. 45. JimmieJohnsonsNeatlyTrimmedBeard posted: 06.04.2011 - 11:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Should I change his name I use for him from "128" to "The guy that got beat up by a 65 year old fat dude"?" I don't think so. I don't really consider it Childress "beating him up". Would you say an old man that punches a crying baby in a stroller, because the stroller bumped into one of his own children, would you say he "beat up" that baby? Because that's kinda what happened here. 46. Rusty posted: 06.04.2011 - 11:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The drunken hillbilly comments are absurd. It is bad enough I have to hear people who don't watch NASCAR call me a drunk hillbilly, but fans of the sport calling drivers/owners drunk hillbillies because they are fed up with Kyle Busch's crap. Every other week Kyle is pissing off someone new or doing something stupid. After a while it is obvious who the problem is, the guy that is always involved with everything. But Kyle and his fans seem to act like everyone but him are out of line. Personally, I don't support violence and don't think what RC did was right. But Kyle has been asking for this for a LONG time. You run your mouth like an arrogant punk for years and eventually you will tick off the wrong person and get your face punched in. The fact that he reportedly fell to the ground in a defensive position just shows you he isn't the new Earnhardt. Dale was a REAL man, if someone came after him do you think he would fall to the ground into the fetal position? On top of that, Dale was actually a good person who the NASCAR community respected and enjoyed being around. Most of the people in the NASCAR community can not stand Kyle Busch at all. I was at Penske Racing last week and there were a lot of bad words said about Kyle Busch. Very rarely would you hear people say bad things about Dale that weren't heat of the moment racing deals. Kyle is an arrogant little punk who finally got what he was begging for. 47. Nedward posted: 06.04.2011 - 11:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think what's getting lost in all this is how bad this makes Coulter look. He can't fight his own battles? He and Busch are similar ages, he should have confronted him on his own. But now it comes off like Coulter went crying to his daddy to go beat up a bully at school that picked on him. 48. Karn Evil 9 posted: 06.04.2011 - 11:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Here's my take on this KB vs. RC thing... You'd think Kyle would cut Coulter a little slack here, but NOOOO - he has to be Kyle Busch and whine about it. And then RC beats the crap outta KB afterwards? WHOA. That's a LOT of stuff going on after a battle for... wait for it... a 5th-place spot. Not the win, 5th place. I think post #39's right here. 49. Anonymous posted: 06.04.2011 - 11:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "first of all i actually watched the race unlike the other idiots posting here.... the 22 ran kyle clean the whole time they were racing for 5th......they raced each other the last 10-15 laps for that position. very clean racing....on the last lap the 22 ran into the final turn side by side with kyle a little harder to try and get that spot finally. he ran up the track either by getting tight or just ran in to fast to stay on the bottom....still never made contact with kyle as he let off to avoid the contact....so coolheaded kyle apparantly forgets how cleanly he was raced by the 22 the previous 15 laps and decides to not be happy with him and runs into him on the cooldown lap....kyle races people hard all the time but when someone does it to kyle heaven forbid.....Kyle is an asshole plain and simple." So I'm guessing you didn't actually see the supposed "contact" between Busch and Coulter on the cool down lap? Because it was barely even touching. Actually, there is no conclusive angle that shows them touching. But Busch did drive up alongside and basically give Coulter "the business". It's not like he rammed into him. You get worse damage to your car from a million other things that happen during a race. But I guess Coulter went to Childress afterward, and Childress must have been on the rag or something, because he completely lost it. And can someone tell me where the hell a NASCAR official was during all this? How did this not get immediately broken up? Do they actually want this kind of attention for their sport? The guys on Sportcenter weren't being too kind to the sport because of this news. 50. PastranaFan posted: 06.04.2011 - 11:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "The fact that he reportedly fell to the ground in a defensive position just shows you he isn't the new Earnhardt." "Every other week Kyle is pissing off someone new or doing something stupid. After a while it is obvious who the problem is, the guy that is always involved with everything." "I was at Penske Racing last week and there were a lot of bad words said about Kyle Busch." 1. He's on probation, and wasn't looking for this fight. If he fought back at all, he'd miss a race. So what is he supposed to do? 2. He's an easy target, a scapegoat. Everyone hates him, and no matter the incident, everyone but his fans take the other side. You can pin any problem on him and everyone will agree with you. See also; Waltrip, Darrell, early career 3. Whodda thunk that the week he's in the news for speeding, and everyone is talking about it, that people would say something bad? I'm sure that's an accurate way to gauge everyone's feeling the rest of the year. Especially at a shop that houses one of his fiercest rivals. That must mean everyone in NASCAR hates him. 51. Brad posted: 06.04.2011 - 11:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I meant chrged with assault... 52. Rusty posted: 06.04.2011 - 11:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "1. He's on probation, and wasn't looking for this fight. If he fought back at all, he'd miss a race. So what is he supposed to do? 2. He's an easy target, a scapegoat. Everyone hates him, and no matter the incident, everyone but his fans take the other side. You can pin any problem on him and everyone will agree with you. See also; Waltrip, Darrell, early career 3. Whodda thunk that the week he's in the news for speeding, and everyone is talking about it, that people would say something bad? I'm sure that's an accurate way to gauge everyone's feeling the rest of the year. Especially at a shop that houses one of his fiercest rivals. That must mean everyone in NASCAR hates him. " 1.I seriously doubt the probation part was going through his mind when this happened. NASCAR probation is pretty much a worthless slap on the wrist that drivers rarely think about. Kyle is a skinny runt and even if he tried to fight back, he still probably would've lost. 2.It isn't even about whose side who is on. But Kyle has ticked off and been into a feud with nearly everyone in the garage. He even ticked off his brother so bad, it took their grandmother sitting them down at Thanksgiving to end the feud. He also got into it with his teammate at the All Star race last year. It would be easier to list the drivers that Kyle hasn't been into it with than it would to list the ones he HAS been into it with. In all of these incidents there is a constant...KYLE IS INVOLVED. Nobody gets into more crap than Kyle does, but his fans try and convince us that Kyle isn't the problem. Sure lmao. 3.Not just Penske buddy. Very few people actually like Kyle, I think it is pretty obvious. 53. Watto posted: 06.04.2011 - 11:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "You should notice the important word you missed, the Childress CAMP. As in him, his teams, and his stable of drivers." I wasn't JUST responding to that dude. There have been several people all over the place completely trashing Richard himself, not the "Childress camp". 54. Watto posted: 06.04.2011 - 11:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "That's a LOT of stuff going on after a battle for... wait for it... a 5th-place spot. Not the win, 5th place." It's definitely all about history, not just today. 55. Brad posted: 06.05.2011 - 12:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) And the bottom line is Kyle had this coming for a long time! Every week he does something to piss somebody off or he gets pissed and goes running from the racetrack like a little baby! Enough is enough! Somebody finally put him in his place. I am suprised it hasnt happened before now. Joey Coulter raced him just like he should have... Hard and clean. Kyle Busch just doesnt like it when he has real competition. I am a Kyle hater but do respect him for his driving abilities and realize he is one of the best drivers of this era but he is never going to win a Cup championship running his mouth and wrecking people the way he does. He still has one coming from Harvick. I hope Happy waits til the chase to pay him back just to hurt him a little bit more. Oh and I cant wait to see Kyle sporting some big sunglasses tomorrow. And for the redneck haters: Go watch a bunch of guys run back and forth and try to put a watermelon in a net! 56. TheTruthâ?¢ posted: 06.05.2011 - 12:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "1. He's on probation, and wasn't looking for this fight. If he fought back at all, he'd miss a race. So what is he supposed to do?" Hitting a truck series rookie during a cool down lap after getting beat in a really clean race is actually looking for a fight. If he doesn't want to get involved in confrontations off the track, he should consider not dishing out cheap shots on the track. 57. Brad posted: 06.05.2011 - 12:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @The Truth: You damn right! 58. Anonymous posted: 06.05.2011 - 12:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Hitting a truck series rookie during a cool down lap after getting beat in a really clean race is actually looking for a fight." Is this your first race? If you want to see a fight every time two drivers have a disagreement about how they raced each other, go watch wrestling. Because this happens ALL THE TIME. Guys bump each other after races, that's part of NASCAR. Team owners assaulting drivers is NOT part of NASCAR, no matter how much you rednecks want to turn this sport into professional wrestling. 59. Anonymous posted: 06.05.2011 - 12:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "the ones I feel bad for are Kyle Busch fans. They spend money and time to watch their favourite driver race and all they get is a driver that does 128MPH on public roads, gets into fights with senior citizens and complains about a 20 yeard old kid racing too hard..... and wins, a lot, in everything he drives" There, fixed that for you. 60. TheTruthâ?¢ posted: 06.05.2011 - 12:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) No, this isn't my first race. No, I don't want to see these fights, and I never insinuated that I did. However, Kyle Busch has had an extensive history of pissing off the folks at RCR, and eventually he should realize that his actions are dictating how people react. Obviously, scraping somebody after the race shouldn't automatically start a fight. It almost NEVER does. This is a situation where history is everything, and Kyle's words in the garage area before the fight broke out only exacerbated the situation. I watch racing all the time, and I'm anything but a redneck. Unless of course, being a dude from New York City makes me a redneck who wants to see this sport turn into wrestling. Don't stereotype, schmuck. 61. 00andJoe posted: 06.05.2011 - 12:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #49 - Judging by the tire smoke, there was contact on the cooldown lap. And (unlike others) I saw Coulter bump Busch in the process of his pass, but it was a One Of Those Racin' Deals moment. And, since none of us know what Kyle said to Childress to provoke this reaction, how about we hold off on the "drunken hillbilly" and "redneck" comments? Since they're downright offensive and, as I said before, bigoted, and for all we know Kyle decided to cast aspersions on Richard's parentage (in which case I think we all would have been punching him). 62. Cy posted: 06.05.2011 - 12:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) When the bully pushes the kid down enough times, eventually that kid has to stand up for himself. That's basically what Childress was doing, as Kyle Busch was costing Childress a lot of money in repair bills for being a tool on the track. Pretty sure Childress figured that since NASCAR wasn't going to do anything to Kyle Busch, he might as well take matters into his own hands. NASCAR needs to suspend Kyle Busch from a Cup race or something, because his actions bring the sport of NASCAR into disrepute. I guess NASCAR wants someone the fans will hate, otherwise they might have done something about it. They sure did to Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski... 63. JimmieJohnsonsNeatlyTrimmedBeard posted: 06.05.2011 - 12:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "And, since none of us know what Kyle said to Childress to provoke this reaction, how about we hold off on the "drunken hillbilly" and "redneck" comments? Since they're downright offensive and, as I said before, bigoted, and for all we know Kyle decided to cast aspersions on Richard's parentage (in which case I think we all would have been punching him)." I don't think it really matters what Busch said. If you can't handle trash talking with anything other than physical violence, I have no respect for you whatsoever. 64. irony posted: 06.05.2011 - 12:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "and wins, a lot, in everything he drives" He only drives NASCAR stock cars. Don't pretend he's a Montoya, Stewart, or Robby Gordon who has driven and won in multiple forms of motorsport just because he wins in lower series. BTW Kyle did a bump-n-run on Hornaday earlier in the race. It wasn't a big deal what Kyle did on the cool down lap, it's just a combination of things that likely led to the physical altercation (something I don't condone but have been expecting). 65. Smokefan05 posted: 06.05.2011 - 12:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "P.S. NASCAR won't do anything because I just had a long conversation with Smokefan about a day ago in the 600 race page, and I clearly stated that they just really don't care. No ones getting suspended or banned, they will both be at the racetrack tomorrow morning in the drivers meeting because NA$CAR simply fails to do anything about anything. If Kyle was under probation isn't bumping a truck after the race non probational behaviour?" You rang? Our conversation did last "long." it was "short." Oh and seriously, everytime someone puts "$" in NASCAR, i question their fandom, shall i question yours? Yes Cooper, NASCAR doesn't care but haven't other major sports done the same? RC vs 128? well kyle had it coming to him. You keep pushing someone sooner or later they will push back. Do i condone what RC did? No but he wouldn't have done if it wasn't for a good reason. Oh this thing goes back several years. 66. Dodge posted: 06.05.2011 - 12:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 32. Anonymous posted: 06.04.11 - 10:14 pm Why should I use a username? So stupid trolls like yourself can troll on my other posts? Knock it off. I don't target people but when people target me, I do say something to them. Soupclan, did I offend you? What, you don't like the fact I don't like Coulter and that I am siding with Busch. You know what buddy, everyone has their opinions and I don't think you should be saying that I am an idiot because of my OPINION. I missed that ending of the race as a driver that I can't stand, Bowyer, or any other RCR driver for that matter, won. I was referring to what I had read somewhere else as I missed the part in question so I apologize. RCR took a big dip down when they had to put Harvick in the car in 2001, IMO. Harvick and Busch both aren't nice at all. But Kyle has tried to change while Harvick is still the same ol' hothead. I'm a Kahne fan and my driver has had an issue with him in the past. Nobody is perfect as everyone has something that irritates people or have there own personal issues but I still think that Childress needs to be suspended. Gotta show everyone else that that will not be tolerated at all when at the track. Meet up somewhere else and settle the issues man to man. This makes NASCAR look more like the WWE which it doesn't need. Although I think now it will get more attention for NASCAR by the programs/networks that normally don't talk at all about NASCAR. 67. Watto posted: 06.05.2011 - 12:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "But Kyle has tried to change while Harvick is still the same ol' hothead." If anything, Kyle's gotten worse with age. He hasn't tried to change whatsoever. 68. Watto posted: 06.05.2011 - 12:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "but I still think that Childress needs to be suspended. Gotta show everyone else that that will not be tolerated at all when at the track." Yeah, but if intentional wrecking is tolerated, they're heading down a dark path. 69. Violence isn't the answer posted: 06.05.2011 - 1:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) It was assault and battery. Plain and simple. I don't care what happened on the track, I saw it, it doesn't matter. What Childress did in response was illegal. 70. Cooper posted: 06.05.2011 - 1:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 64. Smokefan05 posted: 06.05.11 - 12:36 am "You rang? Our conversation did last "long." it was "short." Oh and seriously, everytime someone puts "$" in NASCAR, i question their fandom, shall i question yours? Yes Cooper, NASCAR doesn't care but haven't other major sports done the same?" NA$CAR's number one priority is to make money just like 99% of the population. That's what they do. It's a money driven sport whether fans like it or not. I think it's a fair and valid argument that NA$CAR has made a lot of mistakes. They've also done a lot of things correct though. In 2002 NASCAR sat KH out for a race for driving stupidly and acting inappropriately. KB since being ON PROBATION has gotten into more trouble.(Whether it's his fault or not, that's debatable.)Yet NA$CAR WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. KB will be racing no matter what. KB could drive backwards on the racetrack, while giving everyone the middle finger and Mike Helton will give the thumbs up! It's rediculous. Smokefan05 do you truly believe that NA$CAR has done the best job they could to govern this sport? Like the commenter earlier in this page said "Where were the officials? Out having lunch obviously. 71. roygbiv posted: 06.05.2011 - 1:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Childress getting upset because Kyle tapped one of his trucks in the door? Doesn't anyone else find this just a tad hypocritical, considering the only great driver Richard's had destroyed hundreds of cars throughout his career? 72. JP88 posted: 06.05.2011 - 1:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow I was surprised when I heard this...obviously Childress did something wrong but Kyle has had something like this coming for years. Childress should really be suspended from NASCAR for at least a month. Heck he should be arrested for assualt. What is up with NASCAR this year, too much fighting, they've been watching WWE or something. I feel bad for Busch, he's always gonna have the moniker of being beaten up by a 65 year-old...OUCH 73. Smokefan05 posted: 06.05.2011 - 2:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Smokefan05 do you truly believe that NA$CAR has done the best job they could to govern this sport? Like the commenter earlier in this page said "Where were the officials? Out having lunch obviously." No but then again they are human. ANd as human beings they are mistake prone. But then again people expect NASCAR to do the right thing 100% of the time. Mike Helton said it best "we try to do things right, even when we are wrong. We are trying the best we can." And as human beings, THAT is all you can do. If people expect more then that then i guess i'm losing my mind. 74. JimmieJohnsonsNeatlyTrimmedBeard posted: 06.05.2011 - 2:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "If anything, Kyle's gotten worse with age. He hasn't tried to change whatsoever." I do not care for Kyle at all, but you are just flat out wrong about that. He has been trying to change these last few years, that is clear to see, but like Harvick said a few weeks ago, some people are just their own worst enemy. He has tried to be more courteous in after race interviews. He has tried to control what he says and does away from the track. But that temper keeps coming back to get him. He still makes mistakes, like the whole speeding thing, but his apologetic attitude afterward appeared genuine, and he sounds like a young man that's still searching for the person he knows he's supposed to be. Maybe some of this has to do with growing up in racing, and not having the time to grow up away from the track. Imagine you are Kyle Busch for a moment. When you are at the track, pretty much everyone hates you. You feel like you're trying your best, but again and again, people are booing you, shouting at you, and bad-mouthing you behind your back to the media. On the track, there are those that try to push you around, and race you hard, because of things you've done in your past. You want to push back, but you know if you do anything, it will be scrutinized to death. You know you've been trying to be a better person, but these things people feel about you go all the way back to when you were basically a teenager who made a lot of mistakes. Maybe you've stopped caring what others think, and you want to stand up for yourself, even though it will just keep digging you into a deeper and deeper hole. That's gotta be difficult to deal with. I believe he struggles with this away from the track. How can you just flip a switch and become a better person? He has gotten better about dealing with the media, I can give him that. He is more open, and more honest after a race than he ever was when he was younger. But on the track, I don't know if you're ever going to change him completely. That fire is part of what makes him so dangerous behind the wheel. All the greats have it, but the better ones like Earnhardt know how to rein it in when appropriate. He just needs to know when to let something slide, and when it's ok to push back. And I would have said he's made improvements with that before Darlington. But obviously he was still harboring a grudge with Kevin Harvick from Homestead. And now that grudge has now spread to the entire RCR organization. He pushed back too hard against this kid today, but I guarantee it's only because it was an RCR car. And bear in mind these guys already tried to assault him at Darlington. And today certainly isn't going to help that relationship. Kyle Busch and RCR are probably never going to get along. Over time he has mended the fence between him and Hendrick, and even his relationship with Dale Jr. More recently he has mended his relationship with Denny Hamlin. However, those people never physically attacked him for actions on the track. But to say Kyle hasn't been trying to become a better person is just wrong. You don't have to like him to see that, you just have to open your eyes. But he's clearly still in need of guidance from Coach Gibbs. Gibbs did wonders with Tony Stewart, another hot head that just always seemed to be his own worst enemy. I think he can do the same with Kyle. Stewart was basically Kyle's age when he first entered NASCAR. Over time I believe he will calm down, and be more respectful on the track. His wife will help, coach Gibbs will help, and someone who's been through this before like Tony Stewart, or Darrell Waltrip, will offer their guidance. As far as I know, Stewart and Busch are still decent friends. Times like this I just feel sorry for Kyle. I don't think he's the bad guy everyone thinks he is. He was smart enough to avoid returning punches at Darlington and here, something I don't Tony Stewart would have done before he started to calm down. And I don't Harvick would have done the same as Busch either. Which brings me to that other point someone made. I don't see any change in Harvick over the years. On the track and away from the track, I believe he has the same smug attitude he always had. And it's easy to see why. He has a ton of fans that he inherited because of the car he drives. He thinks he's always right, because he always has the support of the majority. There is no onus on him to change, because he believes he has a mandate from the NASCAR fanbase to continue acting just as he always has. And then look at this team owner. Childress clearly is no Coach Gibbs when it comes to dealing with issues. How are you supposed to change when your owner does the same things you do, and the fans support you for it? There are very few things that actually differentiate between Harvick and Busch, as far as the way they handle things on the track. But away from the track there is already a growing separation. Just look at the way each handled the Darlington incident in the media. Harvick cracked jokes about Busch, took cheap shots at him, and smiled that smug smile of his the whole way through. Busch sucked up his pride, offered apologies, and tried to move forward. He was honest with the media, even as the continued to badger him about it, and it was clear it weighed heavily on his conscious. He took a diplomatic approach and basically admitted he wasn't proud of what he did and he just wanted to move forward. We saw this same thing again after the speeding ticket. And even then, Harvick couldn't pass up the opportunity to take more shots at Busch behind his back, all while smiling that same smug smile. He was practically giddy that Busch had made another mistake. I will tell you this, I believe there will come a day when Busch will be remembered more fondly than Harvick. Busch will continue to try and be a better person, because he is already tired of playing the villain, and he's tired of the distractions, and he's tired of all the boos. He just can't seem to help getting into trouble right now. But Harvick will remain the petty man that he is. People will look at Busch's success on the track, and his transformation into a Darrell Waltrip-like sympathetic figurehead of the sport, and they will respect him. And while this happens, Harvick will probably be feuding with some other young hotshot driver that crossed his path. He'll be taking cheap shots in the press. And he'll probably have stopped winning long before this happens. 75. KBM18 posted: 06.05.2011 - 2:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) JJNTB: "Long post about Kyle Busch" *stands up, begins slowly applauding* Even as a fan, I agree with the things you said, both positive and negative. Well done, sir. 76. BON GORDON posted: 06.05.2011 - 3:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch is not as bad as people think he is. I dont care for the man but it seems to me everyone is frustrated with him. He does dominate the nationwide and truck series and is solid in the cup series. I dont care what Busch did to Coulter that does not justify what RC did. Let the drivers talk it out. In the end Childress should be fined or be punished somehow and have it go to charity. Hes a grown ass man for gods sake. Act like it. Answer me this, did Childress think what Earnhardt did to everyone on the track back when he raced was wrong?! It was!!! its ashame no owner or driver was big enough to put earnhardt in his place. I liked Earnhardt but he was bad sometimes too. 77. dirtbag posted: 06.05.2011 - 4:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "For someone who goes by the name "dirtbag", you've sure got your panties in a bunch bro. Take a chill pill, you'll feel less defensive afterwards." Sounds like the words of a pussy. You wish you had half the guts Kyle Busch has, and you're jealous. 78. DaleSrFanForever posted: 06.05.2011 - 9:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Not to mention a lot of it is the stupid Southern stereotyping which, if it was directed at almost any other socioethnic group would be considered the worst sort of bigotry." You are right, but that is the cool thing about us Southerners. We can handle the stereotyping barbs without crying "discrimination" or claim we are being victimized. We know who we are, and if others don't want to actually get to know us and regurgitate some tired old cliche about us they have heard, we don't care. That is their problem, not ours. Besides, as we all know, it is only "rednecks" that cause physical violence. Kevin Harvick took a swing at Kyle at Darlington and he is from..... oh wait, California. Jimmy Spencer punched 128's brother while he was still strapped in his car a few years back and he is from.... oh wait, Pennsylvania. But yeah, this physical violence is only done by "drunken hillbilly rednecks". "They spend money and time to watch their favourite driver race and all they get is a driver that does 128MPH on public roads, gets into fights with senior citizens and complains about a 20 yeard old kid racing too hard. These are the times I'm glad that I can cheer for a driver that's only controversy is that he races too hard and has buck teeth." Lol. I know what you mean! But I must say, I also feel bad for fans of 128. Honestly. I know why they cheer for 128, because he only wants to win and hates losing. Unfortunately he takes it way too far, and just has an "above everything else" attitude that leads to many incidents that are getting harder and harder to defend. We are all human, and we all screw up. But when you do so as often as The Guy Who Got Beat Up By A 65 Year Old Fat Dude, a pattern develops. "What Childress did in response was illegal." OK Deputy Dog. BTW, What 128 did in Mooresville was also illegal and more dangerous. Look, both parties are wrong here. Both have put themselves in this situation through past actions that were their own fault. RC by insisting that his organization be NASCAR's version of John Madden's Oakland Raiders and cheering on the ridiculous antics of Harvick, and 128 by simply having a pompous, arrogant, "I'm Kyle Busch damnit, it is my show and everyone else should just be happy to be a part of it" attitude. When you choose to go down the road that Childress, Harvick, and 128 have gone down, you have to accept the negative consequences that come with it. 79. Cooper posted: 06.05.2011 - 10:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "And as human beings, THAT is all you can do. If people expect more then that then i guess i'm losing my mind." Understandable. But I hold NASCAR to a higher standard though. They've had a lot of oppurtunities to use their authority and they fail to do so. Then at the same time they'll find away to abuse their power. (Carl Long and his teams gigantic penalty a couple of years ago.) Smokefan I just want consistency, that's all I want. "74. JimmieJohnsonsNeatlyTrimmedBeard posted: 06.05.11 - 2:39 am" A sensible comment about Ky.Busch. Didn't think it was possible. Bravo. "Look, both parties are wrong here. Both have put themselves in this situation through past actions that were their own fault. RC by insisting that his organization be NASCAR's version of John Madden's Oakland Raiders and cheering on the ridiculous antics of Harvick, and 128 by simply having a pompous, arrogant, "I'm Kyle Busch damnit, it is my show and everyone else should just be happy to be a part of it" attitude. When you choose to go down the road that Childress, Harvick, and 128 have gone down, you have to accept the negative consequences that come with it." Amen to that! 80. DaleSrFanForever posted: 06.05.2011 - 10:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "This is why you don't race in companion events. Stupid things happen. While Mr. Dollar General is getting his lights knocked out, all the Cup drivers are sitting in their motorhomes having a good time." Amen, amen, and amen. You know who was not sweating their ass off in this hot race or flying to Chicago yesterday, but was relaxing in his motorhome, or a suite somewhere? The guy who drives the blue and silver car with a bright yellow 48 on it. In this whole 128 vs RCR thing, there are ultimately no winners, only losers. Nobody has been right in their actions, all three have handled things wrong. But there is a winner in the Sprint Cup championship battle. And in the last 5 years, while people like this keep getting side tracked by garbage like this, that winner has been the same person over and over again. It hasn't been an RCR driver (nor has it been since 1994) and it hasn't been 128. "Things can build up over time though." "It's definitely all about history, not just today." Exactly. This was just the straw that broke RC's back (along with his enormous beer gut). It wasn't a spur of the moment thing, it was an "enough is enough" thing. By itself, the deal with Coulter was a small thing. But when you have stock piled enemies by being a jackass the way 128 has, it will catch up to you eventually. What RC did was wrong, but you keep screwing people over, eventually you are going to cross somebody like RC. He was wrong, but 128 was wrong for allowing himself to be put in that situation. "This is a situation where history is everything" "obviously Childress did something wrong but Kyle has had something like this coming for years." "RC vs 128? well kyle had it coming to him. You keep pushing someone sooner or later they will push back. Do i condone what RC did? No but he wouldn't have done if it wasn't for a good reason. Oh this thing goes back several years." "Every other week Kyle is pissing off someone new or doing something stupid. After a while it is obvious who the problem is, the guy that is always involved with everything. But Kyle and his fans seem to act like everyone but him are out of line." "Personally, I don't support violence and don't think what RC did was right. But Kyle has been asking for this for a LONG time. You run your mouth like an arrogant punk for years and eventually you will tick off the wrong person and get your face punched in." Quoted for the truth. Yes, RC was wrong and has led himself down a bad road too. But 128 fans can't defend their driver in this situation. You hang out in back alleys mugging people, eventually you will try to mug a fellow thief that is packing heat. It is like Gran Torino: "Ever notice how every now and then you come across somebody you just shouldn't have f***ed with? That guy is me." For 128, that guy was RC. "2. He's an easy target, a scapegoat. Everyone hates him, and no matter the incident, everyone but his fans take the other side. You can pin any problem on him and everyone will agree with you." And who's fault is that? Did we just randomly choose 128 to throw all our darts at? Of course not. He is an easy target because he makes himself into an easy one. Why was he even in this situation? You put yourself in position for good things to happen, and you put yourself in position for bad things to happen. You just have to accept the consequences. "and wins, a lot, in everything he drives" For now. If he keeps this up, he'll be forced out of NASCAR before he even reaches his late 20s. How much longer can the Coach and M&M's (or any other potential sponsor) put up with all this negative publicity? If JGR decides they can't handle the headaches anymore then Kyle is screwed. Where will he go? He has already burned bridges at Roush and Hendrick BEFORE he started at JGR. RCR obviously isn't an option for him. I seriously doubt the Captain wants to add another ill tempered Busch to his driver stable. Richard Petty would probably rather set himself on fire than deal with somebody like 128. What's left? SHR? That is a satellite team, so they will never have the ultimate success. EGR? Do they want to add yet another driver that has been recently punched for their on track antics? And, as I alluded to earlier, who would want to pay the big bucks to sponsor him? Bottom line: He better settle down and make this deal with JGR and M&M's work. Otherwise, this whole "He's just 26, who knows what he's gonna accomplish in his career" riddle will be answered quickly. "But Kyle has tried to change" Only because his sponsors made him. Darrell Waltrip (KyBu's #1 fan) even admitted as much during a race this year. This isn't genuine at all. He has had to try to act different because he is at the end of his rope, and about to make a big plunge off a cliff into irrelevance if JRG and M&M's have enough of him. 81. DaleSrFanForever posted: 06.05.2011 - 10:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "He has tried to be more courteous in after race interviews. He has tried to control what he says and does away from the track. But that temper keeps coming back to get him. He still makes mistakes, like the whole speeding thing, but his apologetic attitude afterward appeared genuine, and he sounds like a young man that's still searching for the person he knows he's supposed to be." I respectively disagree. I think it was all sponsor driven. And having to be contrite appears to be really grating on him. He needs a serious wake up call before he reaches his potential as a person and as a racer IMO. "Maybe some of this has to do with growing up in racing, and not having the time to grow up away from the track." This has a lot to do with it. Ever since he was an adolescent, people realized how freakishly talented he is, and have kissed his ass. And he has bought into it. But at the same time, Jeff Gordon had a similar upbringing and has turned out alright. "I believe there will come a day when Busch will be remembered more fondly than Harvick" I totally agree with this. "There are very few things that actually differentiate between Harvick and Busch, as far as the way they handle things on the track." Including their inability to beat JJ. "I don't see any change in Harvick over the years." I do, he's gotten worse and more entitled. "Harvick cracked jokes about Busch, took cheap shots at him, and smiled that smug smile of his the whole way through." "And even then, Harvick couldn't pass up the opportunity to take more shots at Busch behind his back, all while smiling that same smug smile. He was practically giddy that Busch had made another mistake." Exactly. He should be taken to task just as much as 128. "and his transformation into a Darrell Waltrip-like sympathetic figurehead of the sport" ...if he doesn't get black balled out of the sport first, which is dangerously close to happening. 82. Anonymous posted: 06.05.2011 - 10:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well, um, about this race. Good runs for Coulter, Piquet Jr. and Sweet. Piquet came from the back a few times, Sweet too. Kligerman had a better truck than 11th. Kvapil finally gets a top ten. 83. 18fan posted: 06.05.2011 - 11:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think Piquet might be able to steal a win on a mile and a half this year. I did not watch the race, but I did see the Kyle vs. Coulter battle and Coulter made a good, clean pass and Kyle didn't like what Joey did for whatever reason and tapped him on the cooldown lap, which happens a lot. 84. Childress Should Do Time posted: 06.05.2011 - 11:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "OK Deputy Dog. BTW, What 128 did in Mooresville was also illegal and more dangerous." He never said it wasn't, and those actions will punished by the proper authorities. See how they're completely separate issues? Also, by your logic, Dale Earnhardt had a shitload of beatings coming his way. I'm surprised the owners of the cars he wrecked never put him in a headlock and punched him in the face unprovoked. 85. Rusty posted: 06.05.2011 - 12:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think Kyle Busch is the LeBron James of NASCAR. Both had their asses kissed as the next big thing at a young age. Both are full of themselves and have burned severeal bridges and both haven't won anything of substance. LeBron may end up with a title here soon, but needing a player the caliber of Dwyane Wade to help get you a ring makes it a little less impressive. Only real difference is people would probably be afraid to fight with LeBron, I'm not sure Kyle could beat up a teenage girl. 86. Smokefan05 posted: 06.05.2011 - 1:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Smokefan I just want consistency, that's all I want" NFL, MLB and NBA lack consistency at times. Anything with human influence can lack that. 87. IglooRacer posted: 06.05.2011 - 2:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Smokefan ever watch an NHL game? No consistency in calls whatsoever. I'd like to point out Kyle confronted Steven wallace at Richmond a few years back before Steven even got out of his car so kyles taken advantage of situations too but RC should have taken the high road still, a team leader doesn't get involved in fights like that. 88. DaleSrFanForever posted: 06.05.2011 - 5:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Also, by your logic, Dale Earnhardt had a shitload of beatings coming his way. I'm surprised the owners of the cars he wrecked never put him in a headlock and punched him in the face unprovoked." They didn't cause Dale would have kicked their asses. Plus he didn't rub everyone the wrong way on and off the track every week the way Kyle does. He didn't have one PR disaster after another the way Kyle does. At age 26, Kyle has already had more incidents than Dale had in 22 seasons in NASCAR. There is no comparison here. "LeBron may end up with a title here soon, but needing a player the caliber of Dwyane Wade to help get you a ring makes it a little less impressive." Amen brother. I'm rooting like hell for Dallas, and I hate Mark Cuban. That should tell you something. 89. myothercarisanM535i posted: 06.05.2011 - 6:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) About Kyle Busch - If you're gonna give it, you'd better be prepared to take it. Was RC in the wrong? Of course he is. Am I surprised that KB had someone get physical with him? Not at all. And I'm not talking exclusively about this race, but Kyle's behaviour for many races. We look at the contact on the cooldown lap and no, it wasn't a big deal. But when coupled with previous incidents, sometimes the smallest of actions can be enough to tip someone over the limit. So yeah, RC was in the wrong, but should Kyle be surprised that someone had a go at him? No way. 90. 18fan posted: 06.05.2011 - 9:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #89-Great points. I agree even as a Kyle fan that he has had something like this coming. Whether he deserved this bad of a beating, I don't know, but he did deserve something. 91. Rusty posted: 06.05.2011 - 9:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Amen brother. I'm rooting like hell for Dallas, and I hate Mark Cuban. That should tell you something. " I feel the same way, I can not stand looking at Cuban's mug but I'd rather see him hold up the Larry O'Brien trophy than LeBron. Plus I'd like to see Dirk finally get a ring, this is probably his last legit chance to get one. 92. Anonymous posted: 06.05.2011 - 11:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "#89-Great points. I agree even as a Kyle fan that he has had something like this coming. Whether he deserved this bad of a beating, I don't know, but he did deserve something." Ok, you're either the worst Kyle Busch fan on the planet, or a very cleverly hidden troll. I just don't know any more. It rarely even sounds like you like the guy. You don't seem to care for the way he drives, the things he says, or the way he acts. Any time Kyle Busch is in the news, you're on the opposite side of him, even when you have no reason to be. Either reveal yourself as a troll, or start standing up for your driver. Because I can't tell if you just don't want to go against the majority opinion, or you truly don't like anything about him, and in that case, why even be a fan? 93. Matthew Sullivan posted: 06.06.2011 - 1:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The thing is the whole deal with Childress never would have happened if Kyle hadn't ran into the side of Coulter after the race. What was there for him to be upset about? He's only running Truck races to win, he's not running for points. Coulter didn't do any damage to his truck making the pass, he just forced Busch to get out of the gas and lose the position. Post-race contact might happen "all the time" but for someone who's supposedly on probation, there should be some sort of reprocussion. Of course NASCAR let it all slide. As far as the physical altercation, it was only a matter of time. Kyle has put himself in bad situations time after time after time either with his on track antics or his mouth. He's probably lucky someone hasn't cracked him over the back of his skull with a tire iron. You shouldn't tell someone, "Don't worry about it old man" and not expect some sort of reprocussion. If Kyle said the same thing to someone like Junior Johnson, Cale Yarborough, Bobby Allison or Buddy Baker you better believe that the situation would have got physical. 94. CBASS posted: 06.06.2011 - 11:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm not defending Childress, but Busch got what he had coming. From the official reports I've seen from Marty Smith, Busch was running his mouth about Childress and his drivers, and Childress "took care of it." Yeah, Childress pretty much kicked his ***, but Busch needs to stop whining like a bitch. That's one of the reasons why I've grown to dislike Busch more and more. He just whines like a bitch and doesn't back anything up. He thinks that he can run anyone hard, yet anyone that even THINKS about touching his bumper. Look at the Southern 500. Yes, thinks got over the top there too, but Busch flat out turned left, just for getting bumped. Hopefully Busch learns like his brother did when Kurt got knocked on his can by Mr. Excitement. Then maybe DW will finally see his favorite driver win a Cup. 95. 3man posted: 06.06.2011 - 12:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) You people that claim Kyle gets in scrapes with everyone, need to go back and listen to the words of Mark Martin when the two battled for the win at Bristol. Reporter: why did you race Kyle so clean? Martin: Because I knew he would've raced me clean. Nobody thinks Kyle is dirty, they think he's aggressive (sometimes too aggressive), which causes contact with other drivers (good hard racing), but you rarely see anyone turned around off the bumper of Kyle Busch. Them man who is in scrapes with everyone is Kevin Harvick...still pisses me off that this is sap who replaced Earnhardt. The list of people he's gotten into scrapes with: Bobby Hamilton, Jimmie Johnson, Joe Nemechek, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Kyle Busch, Ricky Rudd, Juan Pablo, Jeff Gordon. How many drivers can you remember being suspended by NASCAR; Kevin Harvick & Jimmy Spencer. Ol' Happy Harvick ain't happy unless he's causing trouble. 96. DaleSrFanForever posted: 06.06.2011 - 3:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) At least NASCAR is consistent. They gave Childress a nothing penalty like they have given every offender since 2010 started. "Reporter: why did you race Kyle so clean? Martin: Because I knew he would've raced me clean." Here is how that conversation should've gone: Reporter: why did you race Kyle so clean? Mark: Because I never bump anyone. Ever. Going into Phoenix in 1990, the second to last race of the year, I had a 45 point lead over Dale Earnhardt who was the resident Dominator and championship machine. He dominated that race. Late, we gave up 5th place to come in to pit for a short dash to the finish. A bunch of people were in front of me that were on old tires. Did I nudge any of them out of the way? Nope. I just let them block me and cause me to finish 10th giving the points lead to Dale with one race left, at Atlanta, his best track at the time. If I didn't move anybody then, what makes you think I'm gonna move somebody now? 97. Talon64 posted: 06.06.2011 - 5:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) wow a lot of people took the RC/Kyle incident pretty seriously. Me, I just found it funny as hell that Childress Nolan Ryan'd Kyle. Clint Bowyer gets his 3rd career Truck win in 11 starts. Johnny Sauter's 3rd top 5 of the season put him on top of the points standings by 12 over rookie Cole Whitt who finished 15th in the race. It's his 25th career top 5 in 69 starts in the Trucks. Todd Bodine gets just his 2nd top 10 of the season, both top 5's. Since joining Germain in 2004 Todd's worst average finish in a season is 13.3, the year he joined them for 10 starts. His career average finish is 10.0, but so far this season it's 16.2. James Buescher gets his 2nd consecutive 4th place finish and 4th top 5 in 7 starts this season. Despite his DNQ at Phoenix and 35th place finish in Martinsville, Buescher is up to 7th in points and just 12 points out of 5th. Joey Coulter got his best career finish and first top 5 in 5th, his 3rd top 10 of the season. He was the highest finishing rookie in the race and is now 2nd in the ROTY standings, but still far behind ROTY points leader Cole Whitt. Kyle Busch has his first finish outside of the top 5 in a Truck race this season (7 starts, 2.4 average finish). Brendan Gaughan gets just his 3rd top 10 finish of the season, but all in the last 5 races. Nelson Piqeut Jr. makes it 2 rookies in the top 10 with his 2nd top 10 of the season. In his last scheduled start in the #32 Turner Truck, Brad Sweet gets his 2nd top 10 of the season but both coming in back-to-back races. He's currently 19th in the standings with a 20.0 average finish. Travis Kvapil finally gets his first top 10 of the season, but is still mired in 22nd in points with a 20.8 average finish. Parker Kligerman (11th), Miguel Paludo (13th) and Cole Whitt (15th) makes it 5 rookies in the top 15. Austin Dillon won his 9th career pole in only 35 starts; he's now tied with Stacy Compton for 10th all time in poles in the Truck Series. 98. DaleSrFanForever posted: 06.06.2011 - 9:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I just found it funny as hell that Childress Nolan Ryan'd Kyle." I can't watch footage of ol' Nolan beating on Ventura enough. 99. Talon64 posted: 06.07.2011 - 6:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's CC Bruce Cook's first Truck Series win, but 2nd NASCAR win of the season after CC'ing Tony Stewart's NNS win at Daytona. 100. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 06.09.2011 - 10:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "wow a lot of people took the RC/Kyle incident pretty seriously. Me, I just found it funny as hell that Childress Nolan Ryan'd Kyle." I do too. Like I said before, RC was in the wrong for what he did for sure, but that was likely the tipping point on the scale for him. Remember Kyle flat out dumping the #29 at Darlington? Now he bumps Coulter on the cool-down lap for no good reason. Sooner or later someone was going to punch him like Spencer did to his brother. What I will be interested to see is if this will be Kyle's "wake-up" call as it was for Kurt. Me personally, I doubt it. Kurt was actually less tempermental than Kyle in his "rough" years. 101. Daniel posted: 05.20.2012 - 10:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In using fastest 36: #65 Stephan McCurley Out using fastest 36: #4 Ricky Carmichael 102. MegaRacer posted: 11.25.2012 - 9:04 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) BTW...this was the 400th Craftsman/Camping World Truck Series race. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: