NASCAR Sprint Cup: For Kurt Busch, It’s Time to Shut Up and Drive

Controversy is nothing new to Phoenix Racing driver of the No. 51 car, Kurt Busch. It seems some people are just magnets for conflict, and the former champion is one of those people.Busch's history of disciplinary problems goes back to his days at Roush Racing. Near the end of the 2005 season, Busch was dismissed by team owner Jack Roush for "conduct detrimental to the organization," after he received a ticket for reckless driving by a Maricopa County Sheriff's deputy following a traffic stop for suspicion of driving while intoxicated near Phoenix, Arizona.Both Busch and Roush had already announced that the 2002 series champion would be parting ways at the end of that season, but his run-in with the law ended his tenure at Roush two ra...

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