Boat Owned By Kyle in Lake Accident

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http://www.thatsracin.com/242/story/5417.html

Boat owned by Kyle Busch involved in lake incident

WCNC Staff | [email protected]
LAKE NORMAN, N.C. -- The pilot of a boat owned by NASCAR driver Kyle Busch was cited on alcohol charges on the Fourth of July.

Lake patrol officers said the 44-foot cabin cruiser came within inches of hitting the boat of a lake patrol officer who had his blue lights on and was citing another boater.

Two other lake patrol officers witnessed the near collision and rushed to the scene, thinking that the cabin cruiser, owned by Kyle Busch, had actually hit the other officer's boat.

Those officers said the person operating Busch's boat, who officials later identified as a front tire changer for a NASCAR team, realized he was in trouble and got his girlfriend to take the pilot's seat while he went into the cabin.

The two other lake patrol officers saw the switch, caught up to the cabin cruiser and stopped it.

The boat's pilot was cited for boating while intoxicated, operating a boat with insufficient lifejackets, failure to move over for blue lights and careless and reckless boating.

Kyle Busch was a passenger on the cabin cruiser but he was not piloting the boat. He owns the boat but he is not facing any charges. The boat is actually registered to NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, because Busch had just bought it and he had not changed the registration yet.
 
He was just trying to catch the side draft so he could pull ahead but that damn Jeff Gordon just wouldn't fall in line to push...
 
From Jayski:

BWI/NASCAR connection story looks to be bogus UPDATE: The original post that was linked and posted on the WCNC.com site at approx 1:24pm/et today and removed around 430pm/et without explantion: The pilot of a boat owned by NASCAR driver #5-Kyle Busch was cited for BWI [Boating while intoxicated] on the Fourth of July. Lake patrol officers said the 44-foot cabin cruiser came within inches of hitting the boat of a lake patrol officer who had his blue lights on and was citing another boater. Two other lake patrol officers witnessed the near collision and rushed to the scene, thinking that the cabin cruiser, owned by Kyle Busch, had actually hit the other officer's boat. Those officers said the person operating Busch's boat, who officials later identified as a front tire changer for a NASCAR team, realized he was in trouble and got his girlfriend to take the pilot's seat while he went into the cabin. The two other lake patrol officers saw the switch, caught up to the cabin cruiser and stopped it. The boat's pilot was cited for boating while intoxicated, operating a boat with insufficient lifejackets, failure to move over for blue lights and careless and reckless boating. Kyle Busch was [NOT] a passenger on the cabin cruiser but he was not piloting the boat. He owns the boat but he is not facing any charges. The boat is actually registered to NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, because Busch had just bought it and he had not changed the registration yet.(WCNC.com - link/story was pulled after 3 hours)
UPDATE: Hendrick Motorsports reports Busch was NOT on the boat and it was not his boat, WCNC.com informed me the stroy was pulled as they looked for a second source, sounds like something that should had been done in the first place. Been requested by HMS and WCNC.com that I just delete and pull down this story, but I don't do that, not fair to the readers.(7-11-2007)
 
Strange, isn't it, that the media can yak or publish something whether it be fact or fiction, and lots of folks take it as gospel.
Is that another instance of putting mouth in gear before engaging brain???? LOL
That's another reason I don't like to listen to the TV announcers calling the races.......when an incident happens on the track, even if they didn't see the entire thing, they open their mouths and tell how they think it happened and put blame on a driver, when in reality, it was totally different. But, too many folks listen and BELIEVE every word them broadcast boyz say!!!!
That's another reason I really like our TIVO. I can re-play the incident and see for myself what really happened and make my own decisions.
 
Seems the station put the cart before the horse ---
From Jayski -

Correction to Kyle Busch story: "We (WCNC.com) have a retraction on a story we first reported Wednesday. Wildlife officers cited a boater on Lake Norman on the Fourth of July for boating while impaired and speeding. Ryan Young is facing those charges. During our report, we stated that NASCAR race driver Kyle Busch was the owner of that boat. We have since received documentation that Ryan Young is the boat’s owner. We also reported Kyle Busch was on board the boat, based on Young’s statements to the arresting officer. We learned Thursday from Hendrick Motorsports that Kyle Busch was not on board the boat. We regret this error."(WCNC.com)(7-12-2007)
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I guess the National Enquirer is more influential than we originally thought.
 
Hmmmm, it makes one wonder if there actually "was" a boat on Lake Norman. :D
 
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