Kyle Busch fined $50,000 by NASCAR

Kyle Busch fined $50,000 by NASCAR - ANASCAR fined Kyle Busch $50,000 yesterday and placed him on probation through the end of the year for wrecking Ron Hornaday under caution at Texas. NASCAR also warned Busch that he will be suspended indefinitely if he is involved in any other action "detrimental to stock car racing or to NASCAR, or is disruptive to the orderly conduct of an event."

Busch was scheduled to run only in the Sprint Cup Series race this weekend at Phoenix. It's not clear how many events he had planned to enter in next week's season finales at Homestead.

Busch and Hornaday were racing each other early in Friday night's Truck Series race at Texas when Busch deliberately wrecked Hornaday, a championship contender, under caution.

"I lost my cool, no doubt about it," Busch said after the wreck.

NASCAR, which pulled Busch off the track after the wreck with Hornaday, parked Busch for the Saturday and Sunday races at Texas as further punishment. Busch became the first driver since Robby Gordon in 2007 to be suspended from a Cup race. Kevin Harvick was suspended in 2002.

In other auto racing news:

* A grand jury in North Carolina has indicted former NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield on charges of possessing methamphetamine. The indictment comes about a week after Mayfield was arrested following a raid at his rural mansion that turned up 69 guns and what authorities allege were $100,000 in stolen goods from at least two businesses. During the search, deputies also said they found goods stolen from at least two businesses and about 1.5 grams of meth.

* NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick has been released from the hospital, a week after he was injured when his private plane ran off the runway during a landing. An evaluation in Charlotte last Tuesday showed Hendrick had four broken ribs and a broken shoulder.

Uncle Mo has been retired from racing, 2 days after finishing 10th in the Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs. The 3-year-old colt's owner, Mike Repole, said that blood tests revealed an elevated enzyme level. It's the same enzyme that was elevated in the spring, knocked Uncle Mo out of the Triple Crown races and led to the diagnosis of a life-threatening liver disease.

* Nebraska volleyball star Lauren Cook will be charged in last month's traffic incident that left two people injured in what authorities called a hit-and-run accident. Cook is the daughter of Nebraska women's volleyball coach John Cook. Lauren Cook, who was suspended for this past weekend's matches, has been ticketed for speeding six times in Nebraska since 2007.

Penn senior captain Erik Rask was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week. Rask made 16 tackles in the Quakers' 37-9 victory over Princeton.

via: philly