NASCAR suspended Kurt Busch indefinitely Friday after a judge said the former champion almost surely choked and beat a former girlfriend last fall and there was a 'substantial likelihood' of more domestic violence from him in the future. In a stunning move two days before the season-opening Daytona 500, NASCAR said Busch would not be allowed to participate in any series activities until further notice given the 'serious nature of the findings and conclusions' made by a Delaware judge involving the driver known as The Outlaw. Family Court Commissioner David Jones concluded that it was more likely than not that Busch abused Patricia Driscoll by 'manually strangling' her and smashing her head into a wall inside his motorhome at Dover International Speedway last September.
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NASCAR has suspended Kurt Busch after a domestic abuse incident that allegedly took place last fall
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A  judge ruled Busch 'manually strangled' his ex Patricia Driscoll, and there is a 'substantial likelihood' of more domestic violence from him in the future
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'Kurt Busch and his Stewart-Haas Racing team are fully aware of our position and why this decision was made,' NASCAR said in a statement
@placeholder did not file charges until November, and the Delaware attorney general has not decided if Busch will be charged.
It came last year, his first season with @placeholder, the team that helped resurrect his career.