By Shane Beck
Salt Lake City, UT - Suspended driver Kurt Busch has formally accepted NASCAR's terms to be eligible for reinstatement, a spokesman said Monday.
Busch
signed an agreement late last week that laid out the guidelines he must
follow in order for NASCAR to consider lifting his indefinite
suspension, NASCAR vice president of integrated marketing communications
David Higdon said in a statement to the press.
Busch lost two appeals to NASCAR to be reinstated
and has missed two races so far for Stewart-Haas Racing.
"We understand Kurt Busch has
begun the process for reinstatement as a NASCAR member," SHR executive
vice president Joe Custer said. "NASCAR has laid out its expectations
for Kurt, and while there is no timetable to meet those expectations,
Kurt's willingness to embrace the conditions set forth by NASCAR is a
positive step that we support."
Busch also is waiting on results
of a Dover police investigation into the alleged incident. That
information was turned over to the Delaware Attorney General's office
before Christmas. Regan Smith has driven the No. 41 car for
Stewart-Haas Racing in Busch's absence and will again be behind the
wheel Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
I've thought this over for a while and know that Kurt Busch has a history of having a temper. His former girl friend, Patricia Driscoll, has been labeled as assassin! The both don't seem right and one could say that Kurt Busch should be more scared for his security then she should. This being said I don't believe NASCAR had any choice but to suspend Kurt Busch from NASCAR. There is too much at stake for NASCAR, with the domestic violence in the NFL lately, the last thing NASCAR needs it to jump into that pool with the NFL.
Will we ever see Kurt Busch race again? I personally don't feel we will, unless a police investigation clears him of any wrong doing. There are to many good drivers wanting so few seats in race cars. NASCAR doesn't need Kurt Busch, he needs NASCAR.
I personally wish Kurt Busch the best, I hope he is cleared of any wrong doing and can find his way back into a race car. Kurt is a driver who earned his ride on his own merit, no name helping him get there, no money, just pure driving ability.
