Kurt Busch is obviously where Kyle gets it from...

[uhcougs]

Kurt Busch goes after reporter, restrained: It started with a simple question to Kurt Busch from NASCAR.com reporter Joe Menzer following two on-camera interviews by ESPN and MRN on pit road at Richmond International Raceway. "Kurt, can either you or Jimmie win the Chase&" Menzer began to ask. Before Menzer could finish his thought, Busch cut him off. "How did I see you were going to come with that? We're good." Busch said. In an attempt to end the interview, Busch turned away and started walking down pit road. Menzer called after him and said the question was legitimate following the multiple incidents with Jimmie Johnson during Saturday night's race. At that moment, Busch turned around yelling expletives at Menzer, coming at him as if he wanted to fight. As he called Menzer names and continued to try to get at him, team members from Busch's Penske Racing team had to physically restrain Busch.(SB Nation)

AND It was the 2004 champion, though, who seemed to be feeling the pressure afterward. He castigated a reporter during a pit-road interview and renewed a heated discussion with him before a news conference 30 minutes later in the media center. He then challenged another reporter who asked Johnson to respond to Busch's contention that he was in the five-time champion's head. "I didn't say that tonight," retorted Busch, who later tore up a transcript of the interview (which was broadcast on national TV) handed to him by the reporter. "Did not."(USA Today and more news on this at Sports Illustrated)(9-11-2011)

So does he get penalized for this?

[HiTech]

Not going to get into johnsons head ...pipe dream bush ...i don't care for either one em . ...reporters need to back off when a driver walks away and don't want to talk about something ....period .....clue to reporter ....obviously bush was not in the mood to answer that question..

[racecar25]

it was really immature of kurt too rip up jenna fryers notes during the post race new confrence!! no wonder why his wife left him!!

[jwmbishop]

Have you ever seen Menzer intentionally push buttons? Naw not menzer lol.

 

Poke the pitbull and you get bit!!!

 

In the "boys have at it" mentality these are not "actions detrimental" as NASCAR has defined that these types of actions are for the furtherance of the sport! In fact a full on brawl is exactly the result one can anticipate when NASCAR gives the okay to emotional outbursts... if he had tried to run Menzer over with his golfcart - THAT would have been detrimental (well almost after all it IS Menzer we are talking about lol)