Kyle Busch and the $25,000 Hand Gesture: NASCAR Shows Itself As Nonsense Again

"A bird in the hand is worth $2...5,000 in the Busch" -- Jim ButlerSunday evening, during the Texas Cup race, Kyle Busch committed a crime against NASCAR. He did something that reminded us all that the drivers of NASCAR are human beings and not the cartoon characters their images are portrayed as on ESPN, Speed, ABC, TNT and FOX, and in video games. Ther're still marketing to surburban children, and the drivers, week after week, continue to show that they're mature Americans no matter whose feelings are hurt. On Lap 160, Busch got loose and lost it between turns 1 and 2. The car wasn't harmed but 4 flat tires made him pit. After said pit, Kyle Busch fans were ecstatic that he had beaten the pace car and stayed on the lead lap... for about a...

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