NASCAR competitors got more exposure than usual last week in national publications. In an interview with men’s magazine FHM, driver Kevin Harvick referred to Kurt Busch as looking “like an Opie kind of pansy” and the type of person that would get picked on in high school. He conceded Busch is “a great driver.” Harvick has often referred to his fellow “Young Gun” as “Rubberhead,” a mocking reference to Busch’s sponsor, Newell Rubbermaid. … Richard Petty wrote an essay on stock car racing for this week’s Sports Illustrated.(St Petersburg Times)(3-14-2004)
