on Speed Channel’s Trackside from Bristol, at the beginning of the show, the Busch/Spencer thing came up and Mike Joy mentioned this: Kurt Busch said there was no reason for the post-race skirmish between the two drivers last weekend at Michigan International Speedway Not so fast.. When Spencer walked up, Busch verbally taunted Spencer to the point of Jimmy losing his temper and hitting Busch. Kurt was not an innocent victim; instead, he provoked Spencer. Not that it is right to wack someone but maybe that explains things a bit more. Anyhow, see the full transcipt of Busch’s press conference at Bristol on Friday at the Roush Racing Site: Busch Makes Statement Regarding Michigan Altercation with Spencer .(8-23-2003) UPDATE: Kurt Busch engaged in an obscenity-laced tirade with Jimmy Spencer following last Sunday’s Winston Cup race at Michigan, at one point yelling at Spencer, “You’ll (expletive) die” before Spencer hit him, the in-car camera tape in Busch’s No. 97 Ford shows.(see full story at ThatsRacin.com and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution )(8-23-2003)
