Kyle Busch had this blunt explanation for those who continue to say he turned right - directly into the side of Dale Earnhardt Jr. - after they made contact in their much-publicized get-together as the Sprint Cup race at Richmond wound down last Saturday night.
“When you get loose, I think you would turn right to try to correct to save your racecar. I don’t recall anyone ever getting loose and turning left,” Busch said.
Then Busch took issue with a reference one reporter made to a commentator who said Busch could be seen inside the car sawing the wheel hard right.
“I don’t know who you’re referring to, but maybe they haven’t driven a racecar or if they have, maybe they haven’t driven one in a long time or don’t remember how loose you can drive a racecar or what happenes when it does get loose,” he added.
“It doesn’t matter. Yeah, I turned right because I needed to save my racecar and not wreck myself. In the instance of doing so, I got into the 88 and he went spinning.”
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21 Comments
NpRacer48c
May 10 2008 12:52
EXACTLY
yeah, you should read my blog, it is towards the HORRIBLE JR fans that are out there, but anyway yeah, its JUST RACING, they got in to the turn, they were racing hard and unfortunatly kyle got loose and ran into JR and then spun out, not his fault, just like Kyle said ”...if I wanted to wreck him I would’ve done it on the last lap…”
nascar365
May 08 2008 13:58
KYLE
WILL Learn just like his brother did.
Some drivers you can mass with and some you can NOT.
I don’t like the BUSCH BROTHERS,
That is clear to all.
Now Think, try HARD NOW
HOW MEANY FRIENDS DOSE DALE JR HAVE ON THE TRACK.
That’s ALL I’M SAYING
UncleFugly
May 06 2008 23:36
He's a FREAKY M&M!!
and he was racing to win! Love Kyle or hate him- the kid can drive and he is making NASCAR exciting again!
luvmybaja
May 06 2008 22:23
WAKE UP
JR NATION…. when they interviewed jr he said he woyuld have done the same thing….OK end of story… if he said he would have done it then must must have been the right thing to do since yall think jr knows everything RIGHT!!!
rubbercatfish
May 06 2008 21:49
Kyle is absolutely right!
If a vehicle is turning left and gets loose, the rear end swings out to the right side. to counter act this, you have to steer in the direction of the slide/skid or whatever you want to call it. That is a very well known fact and is actually printed in the owner’s manuals of cars, and ijn most state’s driver education books. It was also taught at the EVOC class I was certified in(Emergency Vehicle Operations Certification) This class covers high speed manuevering in ambulances. police cars and fire trucks, but also applies to every day vehicles.
To say that any particular profession tells different, shows that that person is not as professional as they think!
Now, as a driver, Kyle and all the rest can feel that car get kloose even if its not noticable to anybody else yet. Why would he (or any other driver) wait until the car is sideways to try and corect it? They wouldn’t…they would take corrective action as soon as they felt the rear get loose! Even if it was only by an inch, which would not be noticable to even a car on his rear bumper, much less anybody watching on tv!
nascar365
May 06 2008 20:36
ROWDYPENNY
I am experienced and I know how to take out a driver.
Jr’s Fans have a right to be mad.
Just has Kyle’s Fans have a right to be mad he did not win the race.
Kyle’s Fan’s (ALL THREE OF THEM) LOL
THEY Should go to a race and cheer him on ^D
johnlwergins
May 06 2008 19:18
JR
I’ve driven many types of race cars and if this is the excuse hes using, what the hell is he doing behind the wheel of a killing machine. Hes going to hurt someone soon if hes not suspened or fined or maybe both…...
RowdyPenny
May 06 2008 16:27
Whoa
Joe was only posting Kyle’s response – and since you are so experienced in driving race cars – I bet you did not always agree with your opponents and they did not agree with you either – right? So we agree to disagree. And the posts I see are just so mean about “taking Kyle out” and “getting his own” -
wow, I thought this was Nascar “Community”?
nascar365
May 06 2008 14:44
Joe Joe Joe.
I can see you are trying to spin this.
I drove stock cars at (Ascot Park) a dirt track.
My Husband drove figure 8 AND 1/2 mile oval.
My Ungle, And my son drove stock cars, dirt track oval.
My son also drove (SPRINT CARS)Not Cup cars!!
Outlaw…..... CAR 70
So I have been around Race Cars, for way over 30 years.
I KNOW WHEN A CAR GETS LOOSE.
BEEN THERE DONE THAT.
Tell me the last time you where in a race car??
Kyle did not turn right to save his car.
And you know it.
He cut right just a bit and then backed off.
You can feed this bull to some fans.
But not me..!
Kyle will get his, Just like his brother did.
Kurt thought he could bump, and bang, and spin any one.
That got in his way.
Look at him now.
There was only one driver that could do that and get a way with it.
And his Son!
Has a lot of FRIENDS.
shortbus1981
May 06 2008 13:54
Kyle...
....is a pathological liar. I have watched that replay so many times I could puke, and not once, from any angle, does it look like he got lose. He was holding his line and when Jr came down to pinch him, instead of dropping down a bit closer to the apron (which he had plenty of room) he turned his wheels into Jr. In no way did he look lose, and I’ve seen plenty of cars get lose at every track including Richmond. I have also driven many a stock car type race car in my time and I know exactly what it is like to get lose, be it on concrete, asphalt or dirt, and none of which happen like what happened to Kyle. If he was tight running into that turn I would have expected him to march up the track a bit, but if he was lose going into it his tail end would have come around, which it didn’t. It comes down to Kyle being reckless…dare I say to the point of dangerous. One of these days Kyle you are going to get someone seriously hurt…or worse. In the meantime I would be looking in your rearview mirror a lot, as I suspect many a driver will be trying to take you out. You are way too cocky and unlike many of the greats, including Earnhardt Sr, you refuse to take responsibility for your own actions. Grow up.