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Retired NASCAR driver Kurt Busch is arrested on drunk-driving charge after being pulled over for speeding
Retired NASCAR driver Kurt Busch has been arrested on charges of drunk driving, speeding, as well as careless and reckless driving.
The stock car legend was pulled over for speeding at 11:30pm on Tuesday in North Carolina when he was clocked driving his 2024 Lexus at 63mph in a 43mph zone.
Officers in Iredell County noticed Busch 'had red glassy eyes' and he 'admitted to drinking prior to driving,' according to the Iredell Free News.
A North Carolina Highway Patroll officer who was nearby assisted with the traffic stop and registered Busch with a blood-alcohol level of 0.17 percent, which is well over the state's 0.08-percent limit. As a result, Busch's license has been suspended for 30 days.
Busch was taken to the Iredell County Detention Center until early Wednesday morning, when he was released after promising to appear at a court hearing on September 19.
Busch was arrested for 'drunk driving, speeding as well as careless and reckless driving'
Busch, who lives in Iredell County, has since issued an apology.
'I'm very disappointed in myself and I apologize to my family, my racing family, and to my fans,' he said in a statement. 'I will work with the authorities to rectify the situation and work with the county to make it a safer place in the future.'
It's been one year since Busch retired from the sport in an emotional farewell while battling the after effects of a concussion.
Busch held back tears as he announced his retirement on August 26, 2023 at Daytona International Speedway. The 2004 series champion and 2017 Daytona 500 winner called it quits mostly because he was been unable to shake lingering effects of a significant concussion that rocked stock car racing a year earlier.
'My body is just having a battle with Father Time,' Busch said. 'I've had arthritis ever since I can remember. My gout has flared up where I can barely walk in some days. Just pushing to get through physical therapy and continuing to work out.'
A crew member talks with driver Kurt Busch at Martinsville Speedway in 2006
Busch joined a short list of drivers in recent years whose bodies helped prompt decisions to walk away: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (concussions) and four-time champion Jeff Gordon (lower back). Busch said he was taking prerace shots last summer - before his concussion - 'just so I could move my knee and move my feet.'
His younger brother, two-time Cup Series champion Kyle Busch, sat at the back of Daytona's media center during the announcement. NASCAR executives Jim France, Ben Kennedy, Steve O'Donnell and Mike Helton also were on hand along with countless Toyota brass and 23IX Racing drivers Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick.
'It's time for a new journey, and I'm excited to get started, Busch said.
The Las Vegas native suffered a life-changing concussion during a qualifying crash at Pocono Raceway in 2022. After slamming into the wall backwards, the front end of his Toyota smacked it at such a G-force that raised safety concerns about the Next Gen cars.
NASCAR spent much of the 2022-23 offseason tweaking its car to try to limit the effects of rear-impact collisions that wreaked havoc on drivers in 2022. Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman missed five races with a concussion, and multiple other drivers complained about the violence of routine hits and wondered if they too had suffered head trauma.
Busch sits in his #97 Sharpie/Rubbermaid Rouch Ford during a 2001 race at Bristol
Busch said at his retirement he was showing incremental improvements and intended to return to racing one day, but had no timetable.
And even if he does race again, it won't be in NASCAR's premier series.
'Racing at NASCAR's highest level requires every bit of focus, heart, stamina and determination,' Busch said. 'And I know right now I can't give what's required to compete at that level week in and week out.
'It's difficult to know which avenues will lead to what in the short-term futures. I'm still wanting to get doctor approval and get cleared. That's the first step. That's what I need to do personally. Then I will have opportunities to talk to different motorsports teams and sponsors on doing other races.'