Busch Not Drunk, or...
To update my earlier post about the Kurt Busch incident, the latest news from Arizona's Maricopa County Sheriff's office is that the 2004 Cup series champ was not intoxicated when he was stopped by the sheriff's deputy on Friday night. So I guess the "you ought to be directing traffic" comment wasn't the liquor talking - it was simply Kurt Busch.
On the suspicion of DWI, Busch was transported to the sheriff's department's remote setup at Phoenix International Raceway, and was successfully tested there. He posted a .017 blood-alcohol reading, well below the .08 legal limit. This story, of course, is a major change from the earlier reports that the testing machine failed. Either the reporters had bad information in the original reports, or the police changed their story. Both of those options seem a little fishy.
A conspiracy theorist (me?) might even suggest that Busch was indeed drunk, but that NASCAR, in its efforts to whitewash the situation, "convinced" the sheriff's office to release information stating Busch tested under the legal limit. This way, Busch can claim that he was harassed by the sheriff's department, and NASCAR protects its sqeaky-clean image by not having the public-relations fiasco of a drunk-driving champion.
I'll repeat what I said before: We'll never know what really happened.
On the suspicion of DWI, Busch was transported to the sheriff's department's remote setup at Phoenix International Raceway, and was successfully tested there. He posted a .017 blood-alcohol reading, well below the .08 legal limit. This story, of course, is a major change from the earlier reports that the testing machine failed. Either the reporters had bad information in the original reports, or the police changed their story. Both of those options seem a little fishy.
A conspiracy theorist (me?) might even suggest that Busch was indeed drunk, but that NASCAR, in its efforts to whitewash the situation, "convinced" the sheriff's office to release information stating Busch tested under the legal limit. This way, Busch can claim that he was harassed by the sheriff's department, and NASCAR protects its sqeaky-clean image by not having the public-relations fiasco of a drunk-driving champion.
I'll repeat what I said before: We'll never know what really happened.
posted by Jon at 12:45 AM
2 Comments:
As far as I am concerned, Nascar has taken control of this entire situation and will eventually shut the door on the entire event. They will monitor what is said by all involved along with a strong caution to al drivers not to discuss this with the media. Another example of Nascar's mission to keep this sport clean no matter what it takes
jrb - Thanks for the link.
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