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August 09, 2005
Kurt Busch tells Roush he's leaving
Wow! Never saw this coming. Roush Racing made the announcement today that Kurt Busch informed them that he has signed with another team starting in 2007, he also asked to be released from his contract in 2006.
I never would have thought that Busch would be the one leaving, I knew Kenseth was upset about how the McMurray deal went down and everything, but there seemed to be no indication that Busch was unhappy at Roush.
The team he signed with wasn't disclosed, but according to That's Racin', he signed with Penske Racing's #2 ride, being vacated at the end of the year by Rusty Wallace. Only one problem with that, Rusty is leaving at the end of this year and Busch's contract with his new team doesn't start officially until 2007. That would still leave the seat open in 2006.
I guess the biggest question is will Roush let him out of the contract early or will Penske need to find a driver to fill the seat for a year?
It's kind of ironic that Roush started this early signing thing with McMurray and now it's happening to him.
Right now I'm still in shock, I've rooted for the #2 and Rusty ever since I started watching racing and now Busch is going to be in the car, I'm not sure I can root for him.
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I am shocked into speechlessness.
How on earth did they manage to keep the negotiations under wraps this way so that no hint of a rumor leaked out?
Posted by: MBVoelker | Aug 9, 2005 1:30:04 PM
while i would love for busch to go to penske and the #2 ( i am a ryan newman fan)i think it is more likely that he is headed to DEI. I remember reading or hearing something yesterday about DEI having a driver in mind and that if they were able to get this driver that they were after than NAPA would stay on as the sponsor. the only driver that i think would be wanted by NAPA would be a big name driver and busch is it. for penske's sake i hope he will go to the #2 but i dont see it in the cards
Posted by: misterschmo | Aug 9, 2005 1:33:25 PM
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