Well this news is almost 1 week old and it has already had probably close to a million comments on it. Most of them probably against Kyle Busch. Richard Childress was unhappy with the way he tapped Joey Coulter's #22 Chevrolet Silverado after the Kansas truck race in which both drivers were fighting for the 5th spot on the last lap, Coulter prevailed. Kyle Busch tapped him. Later Richard Childress removed his rings and watch and went to Kyle's hauler and punched him, Kyle got back up and said something to him and Childress punched him a few more times.
Since then Childress has been fined, and put on probation until December 31st, 2011. Kyle Busch recieved no penalty because NASCAR felt he did nothing wrong and they were right. However many of the fans failed to see that or just chose not to. Comments about Kyle being a pansy wuss for letting a 65 year old man beat him up have been sweeping facebook, twitter, NASCAR.com, SceneDaily.com and more..... Others include people saying he deserved it for all of the RCR cars he wrecked. How about all the JGR cars Harvick wrecked in 2010? Should Gibbs slap Harvick upside the face? NO! No one deserves that.
Okay, first. The only RCR car Kyle Busch wrecked was Harvick's at Darlington. Big whoop! Bowyer's was wrecked because he and Harvick decided to go 3 wide with Busch. That was their own fault. Harvick was also not giving Kyle Busch any layaway, but to be fair it was just racing. I personally called Darlington a pay back from Homestead where Harvick intentionally took Kyle Busch out, but again just racing. Kyle did nothing wrong. It's just like the Keselowski and Edwards deal. Everyone blamed Brad Keselowski for all the run ins with Carl Edwards, when in reality, Carl could have avoided all of those run ins. So could Harvick if he would have stayed in his car instead of trying to fight Kyle at Darlington. Kyle made the right choice to stay in his car at Darlington. Jimmy Spencer said the same thing. Kyle's sponsors should also be proud of him for not fighting back with Childress, and with Harvick. And thumbs up to Coulter for telling it like it is.
Yes there is no denying Kyle has caused trouble in the past, but it's the past. COME ON PEOPLE! Kyle has made it obvious he is done playing the bad guy role but the media and other drivers apparently arent done with it. You anti-Busch fans are so shriveled up with hatred for this guy, and for what? What the heck has he ever done to you? NOTHING. But you take every offence to every little thing he does. He could copy Tony Stewart as a joke and walk down pit road with a pizza and people would still complain. Sometimes he gets booed just for being on the TV. That sucks that people feel the need to vent all their hate on one human being. He may be "Kyle Busch" but he has feelings and he looks at what people say on facebook and twitter, every driver does. I bet this kills him sometimes. He is a bad boy reputated kind of a guy but he also has a soft side. I believe that marrying Samantha has changed him, running KBM has changed him. I even read that he is reading the Bible. Good for Kyle.
Jimmy Spencer made comments on this very situation. I know what you are thinking. What about the deal with Kyle's brother Kurt a few years ago? Jimmy Spencer was suspended for punching Kurt Busch, he said Childress got off too easy. However he said if he could go back to the deal with Kurt, he never would have punched him, he also said Kurt learned from that incident, but he learned alot more.
It's easy to throw stones at someone you dont like. I know I have drivers I dont like, but I dont go near as far as alot of people do. I hate reading comments hating on other drivers. I used to be a basher, but I have tried not to complain about the drivers I dislike. Hate is a strong word but some people feel that way and that sucks.
As for Childress and Busch, Kyle says the fine was the end of it for him. It's not his fight anymore. I think RC might agree. I still have respect for Richard, and I hope this helps him, just like it helped Jimmy Spencer. I think Richard will have a long time to think about this. To be honest I was shocked to hear about this when it was first let out. I thought it was a joke. But all joking aside, this is a serious deal, but has been dealt with properly, and I applaud NASCAR for making that call.
Looking forward to the rest of the 2011 season!
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