HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) – NASCAR chairman Brian France said Friday no disciplinary action will be taken against driver Kurt Busch while police in Delaware investigate a claim of domestic assault made by his former girlfriend.
Ex-girlfriend Patricia Driscoll has filed court documents asking a judge to order Busch to stay away from her and not contact her, and she claims Busch verbally and physically abused her, smashing her head against a wall three times. The allegations involved an incident inside his motorhome at a race at Dover International Speedway in September a week after the couple broke up.
Busch has not been charged and has continued to drive for Stewart-Haas Racing. He is scheduled to race in Sunday’s season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
“We are watching that case carefully,” France said. “It’s under review by law enforcement and others, and they have not made a decision on that regarding Kurt. So until they make some judgments on that investigation, it wouldn’t be right of us to just intervene before they’ve even gotten the investigation completed. So that’s our position. We’ll respect their process. It’s in their hands.”
Stewart-Haas executive vice president Joe Custer said the team was also awaiting word from the authorities.