NASCAR investigates altercation between Kyle Busch and Richard Childress

NASCAR investigates altercation between Kyle Busch and Richard Childress
June 4, 2011
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- NASCAR is looking into reports of an altercation between team owner Richard Childress and owner/driver Kyle Busch, NASCAR officials confirmed Saturday.
Details were sketchy, but the altercation reportedly occurred after Saturday’s Camping World Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway, won by Clint Bowyer, who drives for Childress in the Sprint Cup Series.
Pit reporter Ray Dunlap posted the following on his twitter account after the race: “Hot news from the track. Grandpa Childress put a whipping on Kyle Busch in the truck garage. Look for big sun glasses on kubu sun.”
(Dunlap actually meant “KyBu,” the twitter shorthand for Kyle Busch. “KuBu” refers to brother Kurt Busch.)
Busch finished sixth in his No. 18 Toyota after racing hard for fifth against RCR driver Joey Coulter, who passed Busch for the position on the final lap. After the checkered flag, Busch drove up beside Coulter and bumped the No.
22 truck.
Busch is on probation for all NASCAR events through June 15, the result of a post-race, pit-road confrontation between Busch and Kevin Harvick at Darlington.
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service