Video: Idiot NASCAR driver almost kills another racer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDBd0CLjOwc

Just a few weeks after Dan Wheldon was killed in an Indycar race, NASCAR racer Kyle Busch almost caused another fatal accident this weekend in Texas.

In the Truck Series race Busch was angered at the driving of rival Ron Hornaday and then spent the best part of half a lap forcing Hornaday into the wall before eventually succeeding. Hornaday’s car left the ground a little and slammed head first into the wall at around 140mph. Busch wiped out too but he was going to be redflagged anyway.

It was a shockingly stupid, and dangerous, piece of driving and NASCAR suspended Busch from the rest of this race and the other races that weekend. Drivers are rarely treated that harshly in NASCAR and it is a sign that behaviour like that is just so dangerous it cannot be tolerated.

Busch has a reputation for being one of the fastest racers in the sport but also one of the most reckless and with safety more and more a concern following the death of Wheldon in the US, he may have to change his style if he wants to stay in the sport.

Interestingly, one of Busch's main sponsors, M&M's, have spoken out against him too, and this may be a sign that the mood of the sport is changing.

"The recent actions by Kyle Busch are not consistent with the values of M&M's and we're very disappointed," the statement read. "Like you, we hold those who represent our brand to a higher standard and we have expressed our concerns directly to Joe Gibbs Racing."

Now we don't know what exactly the values of a piece of chocolate wrapped in a hard coloured shell are but we're sure that it doesn't involve trying to kill people.

Busch doesn’t leave his reckless driving on the track either. In May he was charged with doing 128mph in a 45mph zone in North Carolina.