Speculation began to turn Wednesday, when it was learned that Kurt Busch flew to Las Vegas for the week Champion holidays not on a private jet, but on a business plan for the Charlotte airport. And "ramp up Thursday, when many wondered why Busch still current director of public relations had accompanied the driver of the National Motorsports Press Association / Myers Brothers Awards Dinner. It reached its peak on Sunday morning when all the signs began to point to a gap between Busch and Penske Racing, his team the past six years.
Monday morning finally came to the resolution. Both Busch and Penske called a "mutual agreement" a very clever euphemism Busch that allowed you to save a little face, but let's be honest here - a few more years on his contract and is currently available on zero rpm elite Sprint circuit Cup, It sounds like a career move any driver would do so voluntarily. While all sides say the right thing at the right time, anyone can connect the dots and see the fuller picture, that of an organization and / or sponsor a car that has probably had enough to put in place with a driver whose insolence to pass eclipsed even his immense talent on the track.
Although Busch said a few days ago that he was not worried about his job security, although he visited an offshore oil operated by Shell sponsors of the car last month, but began working with a sport psychologist to try to stop his anger terrible, it was all too much. The constant barrage of negativity on the radio during the events, the underestimation of his team and team leader, spoiling for fights with members of a body of media that were more than kind to him, in the circumstances, the obscene gesture and pulled always due to Dr. Jerry Punch Homestead - it was dripping water, as on a rock. Busch has never, ever heard a "little of humanity in some situations, it would have done wonders, never realized there was a difference between competitiveness and anger.
It's always been his worst enemy that way since his days with Roush Racing where things have grown cold despite winning the Busch Series championship in 2004 and showing the potential to earn much more. The problem is that the guy obviously has talent and immense, but it goes its own way. He won at least one race every year since his second season in 2002, qualified for the Chase six of the last eight years has been exceptional in the Penske cars had their problems at once. All that is buried, although in an avalanche of negative comments and personality conflicts. Here is a driver that has consistently advocated for wins and titles of two of the leading organizations in NASCAR, and ultimately could not make it work in both places.
What do you say? For all the hardships Kyle's little brother, the younger Busch has a game and a vulnerability to him - the attributes that enable it to overcome its occasional pitfalls, but if Kurt seems to be missing. No wonder that in his statement Monday, Busch made a point of saying she needs to "work on things I can do a better driver and a better person." Of course, there are many Kurt Busch in the world of professional sports, children who show equally virulent, contemptuous and are extremely arrogant and belittling, and get away with it because they are so good at what they do. In NASCAR, however, a driver is also the sponsor on the car hood and the owner of the list entry. Its cause is greater than he. There is a limit to the bad behavior, and Busch found twice.
This time, however, the destination can not be much softer. When Busch with Roush split after the 2005 season, he was released from his contract a year ago to take over the No. 2 Penske Dodge that was vacated by the removal of Rusty Wallace. He left a good situation for better, for he would never be the boy in the Roush over - not with Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle it - and was to join a tour of iconic Penske would have all the efforts of the field ( and possibly Dodge manufacturer) behind it. There was no question that Busch would continue to fight to win races and championships. There was absolutely no doubt that it will continue to build on what was quickly becoming a career of exceptional guide.
Now? Well, let's just say that it is not strange if you ask Busch will never win another race, as the bridges burned in the garage, the lack of sponsorship available, and the plethora of drivers looking for walks. From the perspective of the team is a buyer's market, and Penske has several good candidates - would not be the class of David Ragan look amazing in a white shirt Oxford Penske - to choose at a reduced price. Meanwhile, Busch is venturing into an environment where the best tour is available ... Front Row Motorsports? A racing car Furniture Row potential second? Whatever happens to the remains of Red Bull? For him to land in something almost as good as leaving behind a few pieces of the puzzle must be moved, and quickly, and there is no guarantee that this happens. It is too good for someone not to take a chance on him, but when your options seem limited to say the least.
It's a way hard to be a lesson to be thrown into the wilderness like that, but if the reasons are understandable Busch. The Penske team has always tried to offer the best face on everything - Radio Kurt helped lift the team improves, the former head of the team of Steve Addington skin was thick enough to take the foreign must realize that the whole team shared "common goal of improvement. In a way, these things can be true. But this does not justify everything. Addington and his engineers would not have to stand there and be abused almost every week, even when their cars proved good enough to win the race. Roger Penske would not have come on the radio again and again to try to refocus his driver. The lack of professionalism Busch should not be as white as competitiveness. But he was, and now we see the final result.
Watching Kurt Busch wheel race car can be a wonderful thing. On the track, at least, is to overcome the reputation that used to be too aggressive, and has evolved into one of the most reliable on the track in preparation - as evidenced by the way has invited his former teammate Ryan Newman the title of the Daytona 500 in 2008. Now, with his Penske days suddenly behind and in front of an uncertain future, Busch needs to demonstrate that the same type of growth on a personal level. And "enough talent that could one day be enshrined in the Hall of Fame NASCAR. First, however, needs to stop destroying his career.
Monday morning finally came to the resolution. Both Busch and Penske called a "mutual agreement" a very clever euphemism Busch that allowed you to save a little face, but let's be honest here - a few more years on his contract and is currently available on zero rpm elite Sprint circuit Cup, It sounds like a career move any driver would do so voluntarily. While all sides say the right thing at the right time, anyone can connect the dots and see the fuller picture, that of an organization and / or sponsor a car that has probably had enough to put in place with a driver whose insolence to pass eclipsed even his immense talent on the track.
Although Busch said a few days ago that he was not worried about his job security, although he visited an offshore oil operated by Shell sponsors of the car last month, but began working with a sport psychologist to try to stop his anger terrible, it was all too much. The constant barrage of negativity on the radio during the events, the underestimation of his team and team leader, spoiling for fights with members of a body of media that were more than kind to him, in the circumstances, the obscene gesture and pulled always due to Dr. Jerry Punch Homestead - it was dripping water, as on a rock. Busch has never, ever heard a "little of humanity in some situations, it would have done wonders, never realized there was a difference between competitiveness and anger.
It's always been his worst enemy that way since his days with Roush Racing where things have grown cold despite winning the Busch Series championship in 2004 and showing the potential to earn much more. The problem is that the guy obviously has talent and immense, but it goes its own way. He won at least one race every year since his second season in 2002, qualified for the Chase six of the last eight years has been exceptional in the Penske cars had their problems at once. All that is buried, although in an avalanche of negative comments and personality conflicts. Here is a driver that has consistently advocated for wins and titles of two of the leading organizations in NASCAR, and ultimately could not make it work in both places.
What do you say? For all the hardships Kyle's little brother, the younger Busch has a game and a vulnerability to him - the attributes that enable it to overcome its occasional pitfalls, but if Kurt seems to be missing. No wonder that in his statement Monday, Busch made a point of saying she needs to "work on things I can do a better driver and a better person." Of course, there are many Kurt Busch in the world of professional sports, children who show equally virulent, contemptuous and are extremely arrogant and belittling, and get away with it because they are so good at what they do. In NASCAR, however, a driver is also the sponsor on the car hood and the owner of the list entry. Its cause is greater than he. There is a limit to the bad behavior, and Busch found twice.
This time, however, the destination can not be much softer. When Busch with Roush split after the 2005 season, he was released from his contract a year ago to take over the No. 2 Penske Dodge that was vacated by the removal of Rusty Wallace. He left a good situation for better, for he would never be the boy in the Roush over - not with Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle it - and was to join a tour of iconic Penske would have all the efforts of the field ( and possibly Dodge manufacturer) behind it. There was no question that Busch would continue to fight to win races and championships. There was absolutely no doubt that it will continue to build on what was quickly becoming a career of exceptional guide.
Now? Well, let's just say that it is not strange if you ask Busch will never win another race, as the bridges burned in the garage, the lack of sponsorship available, and the plethora of drivers looking for walks. From the perspective of the team is a buyer's market, and Penske has several good candidates - would not be the class of David Ragan look amazing in a white shirt Oxford Penske - to choose at a reduced price. Meanwhile, Busch is venturing into an environment where the best tour is available ... Front Row Motorsports? A racing car Furniture Row potential second? Whatever happens to the remains of Red Bull? For him to land in something almost as good as leaving behind a few pieces of the puzzle must be moved, and quickly, and there is no guarantee that this happens. It is too good for someone not to take a chance on him, but when your options seem limited to say the least.
It's a way hard to be a lesson to be thrown into the wilderness like that, but if the reasons are understandable Busch. The Penske team has always tried to offer the best face on everything - Radio Kurt helped lift the team improves, the former head of the team of Steve Addington skin was thick enough to take the foreign must realize that the whole team shared "common goal of improvement. In a way, these things can be true. But this does not justify everything. Addington and his engineers would not have to stand there and be abused almost every week, even when their cars proved good enough to win the race. Roger Penske would not have come on the radio again and again to try to refocus his driver. The lack of professionalism Busch should not be as white as competitiveness. But he was, and now we see the final result.
Watching Kurt Busch wheel race car can be a wonderful thing. On the track, at least, is to overcome the reputation that used to be too aggressive, and has evolved into one of the most reliable on the track in preparation - as evidenced by the way has invited his former teammate Ryan Newman the title of the Daytona 500 in 2008. Now, with his Penske days suddenly behind and in front of an uncertain future, Busch needs to demonstrate that the same type of growth on a personal level. And "enough talent that could one day be enshrined in the Hall of Fame NASCAR. First, however, needs to stop destroying his career.
