In a story that is breaking now, NASCAR has suspended Stewart-Haas racing driver Kurt Busch indefinitely, "for actions detrimental to stock car racing."
This comes in the wake of a restraining order granted to Busch's ex-girlfriend, Patty Driscoll, on Monday. The other shoe dropped this afternoon when Kent County, Delaware court commissioner David Jones released a written opinion on the matter in which he stated:
The September incident allegedly took place in Busch's motorhome at Dover International Speedway.
Kurt Busch has been suspended by NASCAR after a court ruled he "likely" strangled his ex-GF: http://t.co/zMO6CaOwhl http://ift.tt/17BTLd8
— SB Nation (@SBNation) February 20, 2015
At this time, there's no statement from Busch or Stewart-Haas Racing, though the team is said to have a contingency plan in place for Sunday's Daytona 500.
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In the court proceedings leading up to Driscoll being granted the order of protection, Bush famously made news when he claimed, under oath, that Driscoll was a trained assassin.
A version of this story originally appeared on roadandtrack.com via SB Nation.
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