Former NASCAR champion Kurt Busch was arrested on Tuesday night time … after authorities say they caught him driving drunk.
The 46-year-old was pulled over at round 11:30 PM in Iredell County, North Carolina … following allegations he was driving 18 MPH over the posted 45-MPH pace restrict, this based on the Iredell Free Press.
The outlet, citing court docket paperwork, reported Busch advised officers he had been ingesting previous to the cease — and elicited indicators of being wasted, together with having “red glassy eyes.”
Regulation enforcement says Busch had a blood-alcohol focus of .17 — greater than two instances the authorized restrict of .08 in North Carolina.
The retired racer was in the end taken to a close-by detention facility … and hit with DWI, dashing, and careless and reckless driving fees.
Hours after being launched, Busch mentioned in an announcement he was sorry for his actions.
“I’m very disappointed in myself and I apologize to my family, my racing family, and to my fans,” he mentioned. “I will work with the authorities to rectify the situation and work with the county to make it a safer place in the future.”
Busch — the 2017 Daytona 500 winner who retired from full-time racing final yr — is now due in court docket for a listening to on the matter in September.
