Stewart, Busch share blame for Daytona 500 wreck
The first guest on "Tony Stewart Live" on Sirius Satellite Radio on Tuesday night was Kurt Busch, the driver who bumped Stewart out of the lead in Sunday's Daytona 500.
Stewart crashed, too, on lap 153 in an accident that took out two of the dominant cars in the race. After reviewing tapes of the incident, both agreed on what happened.
"You know, it was just a racing deal," Stewart said on his show. "Looking at it on the tape, I get loose, and I never got out of the gas, but the problem is, when you get loose like that it scrubs off speed, and as close as we were running, it really didn't give Kurt much room to get stopped either. But it's just part of racing."
Busch also assumed part of the blame.
"A bunch of fast cars all lined up, and we rolled down to [turns] 3 and 4 with a head of steam," Busch said. "And I started pushing a little bit. I looked up in the mirror to check out where other guys were, and I look back in front of me, and there's this orange No. 20 car [of Stewart] sideways. And I was shell-shocked.
"I froze because this guy just motored by me, and I was like, 'Man, why is he sideways?' I think I messed up because the whole situation could have been avoided."
The first guest on "Tony Stewart Live" on Sirius Satellite Radio on Tuesday night was Kurt Busch, the driver who bumped Stewart out of the lead in Sunday's Daytona 500.
Stewart crashed, too, on lap 153 in an accident that took out two of the dominant cars in the race. After reviewing tapes of the incident, both agreed on what happened.
"You know, it was just a racing deal," Stewart said on his show. "Looking at it on the tape, I get loose, and I never got out of the gas, but the problem is, when you get loose like that it scrubs off speed, and as close as we were running, it really didn't give Kurt much room to get stopped either. But it's just part of racing."
Busch also assumed part of the blame.
"A bunch of fast cars all lined up, and we rolled down to [turns] 3 and 4 with a head of steam," Busch said. "And I started pushing a little bit. I looked up in the mirror to check out where other guys were, and I look back in front of me, and there's this orange No. 20 car [of Stewart] sideways. And I was shell-shocked.
"I froze because this guy just motored by me, and I was like, 'Man, why is he sideways?' I think I messed up because the whole situation could have been avoided."
