Did Kyle flip off Junior's crew?

Posted: Tuesday May 13, 2008 07:33AM ET

Been asked about something posted in an AP article: Kyle Busch is NASCAR's most hated driver. And he loves it. Viciously booed during pre-race introductions, Busch soaked up the venom by encouraging Saturday night's crowd at Darlington Raceway to keep it coming. And when he heard a member of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s crew jeer him as he passed by on the parade lap, Busch smugly flipped him the bird. Folks have been asking if NASCAR will fine Busch.

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I think they should. Funny? Maybe. Inappropriate? Of course. If you want to be a pain in the **** because Junior replaced you at Hendrick, fine. But show some common desency and respect.

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What did the crewmember do to him to envoke that response? It goes both ways.

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Elephant Boy is an IDIOT and Gibbs will need to reel him in or pay the consquence! I still say he will not make it thru the season...

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I am not a Kyle fan, but if he is gonna get ragged on by another team for getting loose in a turn, he has full right to do what he wants if they hassle him.

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Here we go again,another day of bashing Kyle. If they don't bash Kyle, they go after Jr. It would be nice to have a few days where neither one of these guys get a whipping on these posts. Of course they say " there is no such a thing as bad publicity' They make all the money and we sit at our keyboard and call them names,who is the dummy?

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I flip people off every day driving around. What's the big deal?

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LOL @ Jazinho.....very nice ....LMAO

I am on the loathe Kyle side, , BUT, I agree with what JK said about both drivers.....I am tired of the bashing myself. (doing it and reading it).
And even though I'm a Jr fan, I don't want to be reading about him ad nauseum either.
Come on SI, let's move on to more interesting things, please. Tons of other drivers, who just don't sit in their RV's, in between races....let's hear what is going on with them.

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If he didn't do it on camera then they have no right to fine him. They only say that the drivers can't use foul language or what ever on TV. Doesn't say they can't do it any other time.

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I am loving this...........please Kyle spend more time pee'ing off that 48 team...........lol

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if it was his dad . this putz would be upside down in the wall. jr needs to take care of buissness and wipe the geeky smile off kyle puss

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Kyle doesn't care he has three wins so far and Jr. has none he is laughing at HMS.

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Let's bash Nascar, just when did they become so goodie two shoes that two people cannot flip one another off?
Agree with other posts here, we all do it from time to time, and if this was off camara why even bring it up?

It is a real healthy thing this flipping off, it can get traffic moving much faster.

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Agree Hammered...........we have been waiting for some personality to come back into Nascar, (ie vanilla Jimmie Johnson). This really isnt a big issue....its called emotions.

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When will Kyle grow up. Kurt seems to have finally done it. Kyle is one heck of a driver and a very inmature man.....

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jackman I have to disagree with this being emotion -this is a spoiled brat being an arrogant a-----hole!!! He does something over and over and over to show how big of a jerk he is!!!

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jazinho; your lucky ,around here they throw bullets, not birds. Do you folks remember when someone teased a kid in school and if it got a reaction others joined in and picked on him and he cried, well kyle is doing the picking on and we are all boobing and crying about his actions. The more he gets a reaction out of you the more he is going to have a great time playing with your foolish reactions. Ignore it and it stops.

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Who cares? He and Gibbs have the money to pay the fine.
Anybody but Hendrict cars in victory lanes serves me well!

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Elephant Boy is an IDIOT and Gibbs will need to reel him in or pay the consquence! I still say he will not make it thru the season...

EarnTaz88 | 05/13/08, 09:12 AM
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How is he not going to make it through the season? Is someone going to kill him?!

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Well, cars have a way of spinning into walls at the All Star Race when they peeve some one off.

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EarnTaz88; Sounds like you would not like Kyle to finish the year, could it be the fact he is winning that troubles you? I see no reason for Gibbs to reel him in as you stated, Kyle has 3 Cup wins and 3 Nationwide wins also. let's not forget 2 wins in truck series. Gibbs likes that stuff,it's kind of like the business he is in . He tries to win races for a living in case you hadn't noticed. I am not a Kyle fan but I have to say the year has been great for him so far, it obviously
has gotten under your skin though. My favorite driver was right behind him Sat. night but I would be the first to congratulate busch on the win, not babble and blubber like you have about him not finishing the year and Gibbs reeling him in.

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