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NASCAR to have ‘conversation’ with Biffle/Busch girlfriends
By Greg Engle - Cup Scene Daily
Talk about ‘standing by your man’. NASCAR officials indicated Wednesday that they would sit down with the two ladies after a much-publicized confrontation last Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway that has been the talk of the garage area this week.
During Sunday’s running of the Samsung/Radio Shack 500, on lap 84 Greg Biffle who was dominating the race up to that point, slid up in front of Kurt Busch who was a lap down at the time; whether by accident or design, Busch tapped the rear bumper of Biffle’s car sending Biffle on a wild ride into the turn three wall.
In the aftermath, TV cameras focused on Biffle’s girlfriend Nicole Lunders first slamming a water bottle down on a pit box. She then headed down to Busch’s pit area, climbed the pit box and confronted Kurt Busch's fiancée, Eva Bryan.
For Lunders the confrontation wasn’t necessarily about Biffle being knocked out of the race, but more about her concern for his health.
According to Fox Sport’s Steve Byrnes, when Lunders climbed off of the pit box, she walked right towards him grabbed his wrist and looked him in the eye.
"I'm mad because he could have hurt Greg," she told Byrnes.
The brief altercation has NASCAR officials wanting to ensure that emotions are held in control, not only on the track but off as well.
"There will be some conversations that will be had with the people that participated, and we'll make sure that this doesn't carry on and into the garage or anywhere else," Robin Pemberton, vice president of competition, told the Associated Press Wednesday.
"You've got to remember, most everybody in the garage area is friends, and those two girls in particular have a close relationship. Tempers flare, and we'll look at that and we'll make sure it doesn't carry on any further than that."
While NASCAR does not have a written rule against team members entering other pit areas, they are generally less than pleased if the reason for approaching the area stems from something that happened in race.
"When altercations and things like that happen, we recommend that you stay in your own area," Pemberton said. "You can go have a conversation, but it can't be heated per se."
Family members are typically given entrance to the track on a "license" that recognizes them as a team member, meaning their actions can be policed by NASCAR and the sanctioning body reserves the right to revoke their pass at any time.
Lowe's Motor Speedway president Humpy Wheeler told the Associated Press that wives and girlfriends had a stormy history during NASCAR's early days and many have been thrown out of tracks because of their behavior.
"That kind of stuff was common back in the old days, everybody was fighting back then, especially the women," Wheeler said. "But there wasn't the TV coverage we have today, so it wasn't that big of a deal."
Greg Engle, the Editor of the Cup Scene Daily is seeking employment within the motorsports journalism industry. If you are interested, please contact him at:greg@cupscene.com
By Greg Engle - Cup Scene Daily
Talk about ‘standing by your man’. NASCAR officials indicated Wednesday that they would sit down with the two ladies after a much-publicized confrontation last Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway that has been the talk of the garage area this week.
During Sunday’s running of the Samsung/Radio Shack 500, on lap 84 Greg Biffle who was dominating the race up to that point, slid up in front of Kurt Busch who was a lap down at the time; whether by accident or design, Busch tapped the rear bumper of Biffle’s car sending Biffle on a wild ride into the turn three wall.
In the aftermath, TV cameras focused on Biffle’s girlfriend Nicole Lunders first slamming a water bottle down on a pit box. She then headed down to Busch’s pit area, climbed the pit box and confronted Kurt Busch's fiancée, Eva Bryan.
For Lunders the confrontation wasn’t necessarily about Biffle being knocked out of the race, but more about her concern for his health.
According to Fox Sport’s Steve Byrnes, when Lunders climbed off of the pit box, she walked right towards him grabbed his wrist and looked him in the eye.
"I'm mad because he could have hurt Greg," she told Byrnes.
The brief altercation has NASCAR officials wanting to ensure that emotions are held in control, not only on the track but off as well.
"There will be some conversations that will be had with the people that participated, and we'll make sure that this doesn't carry on and into the garage or anywhere else," Robin Pemberton, vice president of competition, told the Associated Press Wednesday.
"You've got to remember, most everybody in the garage area is friends, and those two girls in particular have a close relationship. Tempers flare, and we'll look at that and we'll make sure it doesn't carry on any further than that."
While NASCAR does not have a written rule against team members entering other pit areas, they are generally less than pleased if the reason for approaching the area stems from something that happened in race.
"When altercations and things like that happen, we recommend that you stay in your own area," Pemberton said. "You can go have a conversation, but it can't be heated per se."
Family members are typically given entrance to the track on a "license" that recognizes them as a team member, meaning their actions can be policed by NASCAR and the sanctioning body reserves the right to revoke their pass at any time.
Lowe's Motor Speedway president Humpy Wheeler told the Associated Press that wives and girlfriends had a stormy history during NASCAR's early days and many have been thrown out of tracks because of their behavior.
"That kind of stuff was common back in the old days, everybody was fighting back then, especially the women," Wheeler said. "But there wasn't the TV coverage we have today, so it wasn't that big of a deal."
Greg Engle, the Editor of the Cup Scene Daily is seeking employment within the motorsports journalism industry. If you are interested, please contact him at:greg@cupscene.com
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