Retired NASCAR driver Kurt Busch was arrested this week in Mooresville, North Carolina, after police pulled him over for allegedly driving 63 mph in a forty five mph zone.
Busch was then taken into custody for DWI, reckless driving and rushing.
Racer.com reported that officers mentioned the 46-year-old displayed indicators of intoxication with a “strong odor of alcohol coming from his breath” and “red glassy eyes.”
Busch admitted he was drunk, and his blood alcohol degree was greater than double the state’s authorized restrict.
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Kurt Busch, a retired NASCAR driver and adviser to 23XI Racing, walks the grid throughout qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Collection Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway July 20, 2024, in Indianapolis. (James Gilbert/Getty Pictures)
He was booked into the Iredell County Detention Middle and later launched. He’s scheduled to seem in courtroom Sept. 19.
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Kurt Busch, a retired NASCAR driver and adviser to 23XI Racing, walks the grid throughout qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Collection Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway July 20, 2024, in Indianapolis. (James Gilbert/Getty Pictures)
“I’m very disappointed in myself, and I apologize to my family, my racing family and to my fans,” the NASCAR champion mentioned in a press release. “I will work with the authorities to rectify the situation and work with the county to make it a safer place in the future.”
NASCAR Cup Collection driver Kurt Busch broadcasts his retirement from racing previous to the NASCAR Cup Collection Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona Worldwide Speedway Aug. 26, 2023, in Daytona Seaside, Fla. (James Gilbert/Getty Pictures)
Busch received the Cup Collection title in 2004 and the Daytona 500 in 2017.
In 2022, he suffered a severe concussion throughout qualifying at Pocono Raceway. The identical yr, he introduced he would cease racing on a full-time foundation in 2023. Busch formally introduced his retirement in August 2023.
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Kurt’s youthful brother, Kyle Busch, is an lively NASCAR driver and is a two-time collection champion.
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