from a Jimmy Spencer article on SPEED – But take it from someone who has been there  Childress crossed the line in punching Busch. No one should ever hit or physically confront another individual. Arguing, hurling insults or yelling at someone is okay, but you shouldnÂt touch them. I picked the wrong way to handle my problem with another Busch brother, Kurt, years ago, and I still regret it. I think Kurt learned something from me punching him but I learned more, and if I had the chance to do it over again, I wouldnÂt have hit him. IÂve been in several brawls in my time and nobody ever wins. Childress got off too easy. NASCAR should have come down on him harder than a $150,000 fine. They should have suspended him for three races  that would get his attention. He took responsibility for what he did but never apologized because heÂs really not sorry. I speak from experience when I say that situations like last weekendÂs affect the younger generation a lot, especially the kids watching our sport. My biggest problem with what Childress did stems from the fact that he is representing major corporations with thousands of employees. Yet he let his temper get the best of him and he assaulted someone. That gave the sport the biggest black eye it has had in years. Fans and folks inside the sport may think itÂs funny, but these companies probably arenÂt happy about having a car owner representing them who assaulted someone.
And believe it or not, I think that BuschÂs sponsors can be proud of the way he handled himself. WeÂre usually criticizing BuschÂs behavior, but I admire him for not fighting back and also for staying in the car at Darlington when Kevin Harvick came up to his car on pit road. Busch is the most exciting driver in our sport right now. Yes, he ruffles feathers, but so did the late, great Dale Earnhardt. But Earnhardt didnÂt outright attack other drivers. I admire Kyle for respecting Childress enough, although he got punched, to not punch back. It takes a strong person not to retaliate.
I still donÂt really see what Childress was so upset about. Busch wasnÂt out of line in bumping CoulterÂs truck on the cool-down lap. Rewind a few laps to when they were putting on a hell of a race for fifth place and Coulter slid up in front of Busch. If Busch hadnÂt lifted and let him go, both of them would have wrecked. Coulter was the one at fault there, so Busch bumped him after the race to teach him a lesson. ThatÂs just part of racing and how you teach younger drivers who are coming along. Sure, Busch did a little damage to CoulterÂs quarter panel, but he also did the same to his own truck.(in part from SPEED)(6-9-2011)
