Kurt Busch and Tony Stewart met after the race to discuss their incident. Busch and Greg Biffle got together and sent Busch into Stewart’s car on lap 90. Stewart banged the wall and had to go to the garage for repairs. He returned to finish 25th. Busch placed 19th. “He ended up on my outside when Biffle pinched me up against him,” Busch said of Stewart. “It was like I ended up running into him purposely; it was just an accident.” Stewart was unavailable for comment after the race.( Roanoke Times ) AND as seen on Speed Channel’s NASCAR Victory Lane, Busch squirted Stewart as the two walked away from each other after Stewart confronted Busch about the incident that put Tony in the wall. Stewart basically did not react or notice. AND Busch’s comments on the accident: Teammates Greg Biffle and Kurt Busch banged Fords late in the race and each fell out of contention after running with the leaders. Biffle, who finished 22nd, seemed to race up the track in front of Busch. That caused Busch, who finished 19th, to plow into defending Cup champ Tony Stewart. Stewart, who was already struggling, finished 25th. And though Stewart had words with Busch after the race, Busch said it wasn’t his fault. “We were on the lead lap and my deal was I had a 10-mph run on my teammate, and he pulled out in front of me,” Busch said. “That’s fine. But we ended up running out of racetrack and we wrecked. I had a pretty good run and didn’t expect him to come up like that.” Biffle said he thought Busch would take another line, one higher up than the one Biffle steered into. “Anybody can get a run on somebody and pass them on a restart, but I thought we had established the inside lane,” he said. “I wished he would have gotten on the brakes a little and not had that happen.”( News and Observer )(4-7-2003)
