Report: Busch Needs Illegal Tires to Steal $5K Late Model Win

Kyle Busch may have taken his record of bad decisions and poor judgment to a new level.

If reports are true, Rick Hendrick and Kellogg's need to take very serious action against Busch. Teams considering hiring Busch need to think again.

Travis Barrett, the auto racing writer for Central Main Newspapers reports the following on Kyle Busch's Super Late Model race in Epping, NH on his blog:

"He changed his right side tires after his crew, according to two different sources, purposely punctured the tires to make them appear flat. Busch then charged up through the field, rallying back to win in the No. 51 supplied by PASS marketing director and former team owner Steve Perry.

"Changing tires that are anything but flat is a big-time no-no in the PASS series, even in a $5,000-to-win, 200-lap feature like the one at All-Star Speedway. Intentionally flattening your tire is cheating. Plain and simple. This isn't some NASCAR Nextel Cup Series "gray area." It's like stopping on the frontstretch to intentionally bring out the caution flag -- times 10 -- and then punting the leader into the turn 4 fence to get your lap back."

Another in depth article here reports that PASS racing series officials subsequently penalized Busch two laps for the illegal tire change, dropping him to 16th and giving Mike Rowe the win. Rowe's son Ben won second place.

I've got my own thoughts on what all this means over at the HQ of the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup: The Black Flag the direct link to the post is here.