{"id":1696583,"date":"2022-10-16T08:21:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T12:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1696583"},"modified":"2022-10-16T15:51:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T19:51:49","slug":"kurt-busch-stepping-away-from-nascar-cup-competition-full-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kurt-busch-stepping-away-from-nascar-cup-competition-full-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Busch Stepping Away From NASCAR Cup Competition Full-Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkurt-busch-stepping-away-from-nascar-cup-competition-full-time%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1696583&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/auto\/nascar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASCAR Cup Series<\/a> driver Kurt Busch announced he will be stepping away from full-time racing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Busch made the announcement from his hometown of Las Vegas and said he will miss the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/auto\/attributes\/racing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rest of this season<\/a> and will not race full-time in Cup next year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As I continue to focus on my health and work towards being cleared, I will be stepping away from full-time NASCAR Cup Series competition in 2023,&#8221; Busch said in the statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> Kurt Busch walks in the pits before qualifications for the NASCAR Series auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo\/Darron Cummings)<\/p>\n<p>Busch&#8217;s teammate Bubba Wallace, co-owner Denny Hamlin, and Toyota Racing Development President David Wilson attended the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>The retirement announcement comes as Busch continues to recover from a concussion he suffered in July at Pocono Raceway. Busch and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/nascar-championship-contender-alex-bowman-miss-charlotte-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Bowman<\/a> have both missed races this year due to concussions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know I\u2019m not 100% in my ability to go out and race at the top level in the NASCAR Cup Series,&#8221; Busch continued.<\/p>\n<p>But he did note that once he is cleared, he could return to racing on a limited basis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Next year my contributions to racing may look a little different, but I will continue to give my best to this sport. And if I&#8217;m cleared, maybe you&#8217;ll see me at select races.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR previously announced that it will implement changes to the rear of cars for next season to address impacts such as those that resulted in injuries to Busch and Bowman.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/tony-stewart-upset-nascars-penalty-super-glad-nhra-event-rather-playoff-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TONY STEWART UPSET WITH NASCAR&#8217;S PENALTY, \u2018SUPER GLAD\u2019 HE&#8217;S AT NHRA EVENT RATHER THAN PLAYOFF RACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> HAMPTON, GEORGIA &#8211; JULY 10: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Coca-Cola Toyota, Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&#038;M&#8217;s Crunchy Cookie Toyota, Kurt Busch, driver of the #45 Monster Energy Toyota, William Byron, driver of the #24 Axalta Chevrolet, and Alex Bowman, driver of the #48 Ally Milestone Chevrolet, race during the NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on July 10, 2022, in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunate circumstances led Kurt to a difficult decision, but we know that he will continue to contribute to the entire program at Toyota, TRD and 23XI Racing. He brings a tremendous amount of knowledge and firsthand championship experience to his team and fellow Toyota competitors. We\u2019re here to support Kurt in this next chapter of his career and look forward to continuing to work alongside him,&#8221; Toyota Racing Development President David Wilson said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Busch leaves a complicated legacy behind. He will be remembered by some for his talent and championship, while some will recall the issues he&#8217;s had with his temperament over his career.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/christopher-bell-advances-nascar-playoffs-win-roval-defending-champ-kyle-larson-eliminated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CHRISTOPHER BELL ADVANCES IN NASCAR PLAYOFFS WITH WIN AT ROVAL; DEFENDING CHAMP KYLE LARSON ELIMINATED<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Busch won the 2004 championship and went on to rack up 34 Cup victories during his tenure as a full-time driver.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Busch won a race in 19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR Cup Series driver Kurt Busch announced he will be stepping away from full-time racing. Busch made the announcement from his hometown of Las Vegas and said he will miss the rest of this season and will not race full-time in Cup next year. &#8220;As I continue to focus on my health and work towards &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1696585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1696583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1696583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1696583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1696583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1696585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1696583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1696583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1696583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}