Kurt Busch faces DWI, reckless driving charges in North Carolina UPDATE
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UPDATE: Kurt Busch has pled guilty to a criminal charge of driving while impaired, TMZ Sports has learned.
An Iredell County, N.C. court official tells us the former NASCAR champion entered the plea on Wednesday.
The official says in exchange for the guilty plea, prosecutors agreed to drop the reckless driving and speeding charges he was facing in the case.
The racecar driver received a 60-day suspended jail sentence for 12 months. During that year-long timeframe, the official said Busch will be on unsupervised probation.
— TMZ —
ORIGINAL POST 8-15-2024: An Iredell County magistrate revoked retired NASCAR driver Kurt Busch‘s driver‘s license for 30 days on Tuesday following Busch‘s arrest on DWI, careless and reckless driving, and speeding charges.
Busch, 46, was pulled over for speeding at 11:32 p.m. Monday after an Iredell County Sheriff‘s Office deputy clocked his 2024 Lexus at 63 mph in a 45 mph zone on Brawley School Road, according to court documents. The ICSO has been conducting speed checks in the area because of citizen complaints, Sheriff Darren Campbell told Iredell Free News.
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In a statement released later Wednesday, Busch apologized for the incident.
"I‘m very disappointed in myself and I apologize to my family, my racing family, and to my fans. I will work with the authorities to rectify the situation and work with the county to make it a safer place in the future," he said in the statement.
