NASCAR Facing a Critical Test in How It Handles Kurt Busch Allegations

This is a big week for NASCAR. Last Sunday, Kevin Harvick won at the Phoenix International Raceway to join Joey Logano, Ryan Newman and Denny Hamlin in the last round of the Chase. Next Sunday, someone will be crowned the 2014 Sprint Cup champion. There's also another thing: Kurt Busch, the 36-year-old Stewart-Haas driver who won the Chase back in 2004, is being investigated for domestic assault. Just a few months after the video of NFL running back Ray Rice assaulting his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, became public and the issue of athletes and domestic violence landed under the microscope, NASCAR is now on the clock. One thing is for sure: It has plenty of examples of what not to do. The NFL botched the handling of the Rice case, whil...

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