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[OfficeLinebacker]

I'm going to try to be neutral here and just say I think it's remarkable how Kyle Busch celebrated his win in last night's Nationwide race. Remarkable enough to merit it's own thread. You want a spectacle?

Background: the trophy is a custom Gibson guitar and last year he promised each member of his team a piece of it if he ever won the race at Nashville.

So anyway he wins in dominating fashion, winning the pole, leading a vast majority of the laps, leaving less than 25% of the field on the lead lap.

First he does a burnout...



there's a car in there somewhere...



An emergency vehicle was called to the scene but the flames went out on their own pretty quick. I have no idea how he did that, other than he probably had his nose against the outside wall. I've never seen so much fire out of the back of a car that didn't have something seriously wrong with it. The tires were still up afterward ... areas of the race track were on fire for maybe 20 seconds after his burnout.

Then he salutes the crowd and takes a bow:



In victory lane he proceeds to pull a Pete Townsend with the trophy:









It's all good, Sam Bass, the artist who designed and painted the guitar, is all smiles.



Wild.

[Ross Stonefeld]

Good thing he wins a lot.

[mursuka80]

I miss these kind of things in European racing scene You get a penalty if you do burnouts in F1

Edited by mursuka80, 07 June 2009 - 06:44.

[wonk123]

Sam Bass is a legend! I am sure it didn't phase him in the slightest, actually he probably enjoyed the fact he got a lot more exposure. btw I got him to paint my helmet in Concord back in 96

[teejay]

I miss these kind of things in European racing scene You get a penalty if you do burnouts in F1

Shame isnt it.

Zanardi's nuts after winning a race in CART were always awesome.

Edited by teejay, 07 June 2009 - 07:19.

[kaivo]

Video:

[Craven Morehead]

Gad, watching some dolt who probly doesn't even play smash up a Gibson Les Paul is galling. How lame. At the very least, if he really needed to pretend he was Pete Townsend 40 yrs ago, they coulda given him a cheap copy to wreck. Grrrrr.

[ensign14]

They really, really, really need to get some decent trophies in NASCAR. That Miles the Monster thing last week, and the MFI special you get for winning Daytona...yeek.

Although I've never seen a Bass guitar with so many strings.

[cheapracer]

One of the V8 Supercars a few years ago stood on the pitwall and thumped his fists into the air after his win and got fined $5000

[BRK]

Wild,just the sort of thing I'd do.Closest we've got in F1 in recent times was Alex Wurz.

[Ross Stonefeld]

What did Wurz do that was so interesting?

[Henrytheeigth]

My favourite burnout, of modern times, was Alesi at france in his last french gp I believe. He even threw his helmet into the crowd if memory serves haha

[BRK]

Nothing much,that's the sad part: he celebrated in style on the podium. Unless you count Kimi's half-hearted doughnut at Spa from a few years ago (when they were required to turn around and head into pitlane the wrong way).

[SchuOz]

My favourite burnout, of modern times, was Alesi at france in his last french gp I believe. He even threw his helmet into the crowd if memory serves haha

Canada.

[wingwalker]

Anyone plays guitar here? My heart sinks a bit when I see a piece of (probably) good equipment wasted, but hey, it's not like he was going to play it anyway. Good show.

[Ali_G]

Gad, watching some dolt who probly doesn't even play smash up a Gibson Les Paul is galling. How lame. At the very least, if he really needed to pretend he was Pete Townsend 40 yrs ago, they coulda given him a cheap copy to wreck. Grrrrr.

This was my thought too.

[27GV]

Smashing was a bit much but the clouds of fire are awesome. How is that even possible?

[wonk123]

Anyone plays guitar here? My heart sinks a bit when I see a piece of (probably) good equipment wasted, but hey, it's not like he was going to play it anyway. Good show.

I own an immaculate 73 SG (with bigsby) and rarely play it for fear of damaging it, and use an epiphone copy so how lame is that. The Sam Bass artwork was probably worth more than the Les Paul anyway, BUT look at the exposure that Sam and Gibson get out of a stunt like this, if it was just presented and put in his trailer no one would have mentioned it. Now heaps of people who have never really heard of sam bass will look him up www.sambass.com

[jano]

I'm going to try to be neutral here and just say I think it's remarkable how Kyle B

Remarkable?
The guy is an idiot!

[Pharazon]

if i won that guitar no way i'd smash it

[Henrytheeigth]

Canada.

But I'm sure he did France as well? Meh nevermind lol

Ya cool guitar! Should of kept it for nostalgia's sakes!

[sreevishnu]

I miss these kind of things in European racing scene You get a penalty if you do burnouts in F1

No thats a popular Myth!
The reason they dont do burnouts is the fear of minimum weight these cars have to run.......as doing burnout will remove good chunk of tyre and would be well shot of 605kg limit!
And there is a minimum time stipulated to reach the pits back after the race is over.
These are the reasons.

We have seen Alesi do it lot of times in 2001 and 2002
and also Kimi did it in 2007....nobody complained!

[Ross Stonefeld]

You can damage your engine and gearbox too.

[Georg_Kuyumji]

Alexander Wurz just sayed during the broadcast that drivers are not allowed to make donuts after a win because the FIA forbidds it.

Edited by Georg_Kuyumji, 07 June 2009 - 13:39.

[Dolph]

No thats a popular Myth!
The reason they dont do burnouts is the fear of minimum weight these cars have to run.......as doing burnout will remove good chunk of tyre and would be well shot of 605kg limit!
And there is a minimum time stipulated to reach the pits back after the race is over.
These are the reasons.

We have seen Alesi do it lot of times in 2001 and 2002
and also Kimi did it in 2007....nobody complained!

It's not a myth.

[Phucaigh]

I wouldn't have smashed the guitar but the question is, did he have smash it enough so eveyone on the team could have a piece of it?

Great burnouts and no special effects needed!!!

[saberskunk]

Coultard was going to do burnouts in Brazil after the race last year because the FIA couldn't punish him as it was the last race of the career, he stated this during an interview after the race.

Shame it didn't happen though.

[WillG]

Kyle is an idiot. I wonder how many drivers would give their sole to win that trophy. Kyle wins it and smashes it to pieces. And smashing it so everyone could have a piece is a weak excuse, he could have easily looked like much less of a douche if he cut it up in the shop .

[slideways]

I remember someone did burnous after an F1 recently ... was it Kubica when he won?

Edited by slideways, 07 June 2009 - 14:35.

[OfficeLinebacker]

Smashing was a bit much but the clouds of fire are awesome. How is that even possible?

I was just watching the video and he did a bunch of donuts in the grass beforehand...so some organic material might have built up on his tyres and in his fenderwell which then mixed with the rubber and the whole thing caught fire.

I was wrong, he didn't nose up against the wall to do the burnout, though.

[Rob]

Smashing a fantastic guitar like that is seriously lame.

[mursuka80]

Smashing a fantastic guitar like that is seriously lame.

Yeah,give it to charity or something,but that is just plain wrong.

[sreevishnu]

It's not a myth.

ok , i thought otherwise
well it must be on the safety grounds again from FIA

[primer]

Smashing a fantastic guitar like that is seriously lame.

Yeah but given how everyone is smiling and happy about it in images, I'd say the stunt was planned to generate such reactions and publicity from the onset.

[BMW_F1]

pretty cool.

[prettyface]

Meh! He did right in smashing that ugly, overpriced and overrated piece of firewood. Had it been a vintage one I'd be horrified, but modern gibsons, and specially Les Pauls, are all about the glitz and the $ instead of quality.

Or maybe Busch is a Fender man

[senna da silva]

I own an immaculate 73 SG (with bigsby) and rarely play it for fear of damaging it, and use an epiphone copy so how lame is that. The Sam Bass artwork was probably worth more than the Les Paul anyway, BUT look at the exposure that Sam and Gibson get out of a stunt like this, if it was just presented and put in his trailer no one would have mentioned it. Now heaps of people who have never really heard of sam bass will look him up www.sambass.com

The burnout was cool, the smashing of the guitar was stupid.

I own a 1980 Les Paul Custom, and I play it all the time.

[se7en_24]

What did Wurz do that was so interesting?

HE WORE DIFFERENT COLOURED RACING SHOES

[OfficeLinebacker]

HE WORE DIFFERENT COLOURED RACING SHOES

OMG it's a travesty!

[Craven Morehead]

Meh! He did right in smashing that ugly, overpriced and overrated piece of firewood. Had it been a vintage one I'd be horrified, but modern gibsons, and specially Les Pauls, are all about the glitz and the $ instead of quality.

Or maybe Busch is a Fender man

Hardly. This kind of stuff is usually written by people with little or no modern Gibson experience. The quality is all there. Go to your local guitar store, rent a Les Paul Standard for two or three months and see if you still feel that way. More likely you won't be able to put it down.

[brabhamBT19]

I always wondered why is Junior dubbed as Nascar's most popular driver, while there is better candidate out there.

Great guy, this is something that I would do too.

[brabhamBT19]

Why do thew call him Rowdy?

[teejay]

Kyle got enough money to buy every member of the team a guitar, buy 10 for charity, and buy himself a new one and not even raise an eyebrow.

See how EVERYONE is smiling?

Its called publicity.

Imagine the other version of this thread "kyle busch wins race, hangs guitar on wall"

wow.

[Ross Stonefeld]

http://nascar.speedt...rike-sour-note/

[Villes Gilleneuve]

Remarkable?
The guy is an idiot!

+1, This is what NASCAR relies on for entertainment and pandering to their TV audience.

Why not just have #1-2 finishers have a wrestling match?

[Alfisti]

On a side note, ever noticed the wives/GF's of Nascar drivers are ... I dunno ... plastic? Not plastic as in playboy bunny but as in stepford wife plastic. Huge hair, pulle dface, massive eyes etc.

Edited by Alfisti, 08 June 2009 - 18:53.

[Villes Gilleneuve]

On a side note, ever noticed the wives/GF's of Nascar drivers are ... I dunno ... plastic? Not plastic as in playboy bunny but as in stepford wife plastic. Huge hair, pulle dface, massive eyes etc.

You have to live in the southern US to get the full experience. Above age 40, once the plastic surgery sets in, it gets pretty ugly.

Edited by Villes Gilleneuve, 08 June 2009 - 18:57.

[Seanspeed]

Or maybe Busch is a Fender man

Hehe.

I dunno, the painter did get some exposure for it, but its definitely got to be hard to watch something you just put your time and effort into get smashed up without a thought. I dont think I could have done it unless it was just a normal Les Paul w/o a custom paintjob.

I'm sure Kyle said something like, "No hard feelings man, I was just pumped" or something, and I'm sure its probably not a big deal at all.

[vapaokie]

You have to live in the southern US to get the full experience. Above age 40, once the plastic surgery sets in, it gets pretty ugly.

As a native southerner now living in PA, may I point out the fact of that particular freak being a New York socialite!

http://www.galleryof...yn_wildens.html

[Norm]

As a native southerner now living in PA, may I point out the fact of that particular freak being a New York socialite!

http://www.galleryof...yn_wildens.html

and is not "American"

anyway, if this were Kimi he'd be a hero. But because it is some Nascar driver...

Edited by Norm, 08 June 2009 - 21:28.