Busch not eager to rehash Illinois race

WORD GAME: Kurt Busch, pictured in practice before the NASCAR Sprint Cup race in Joliet, Ill., rams the car of Jimmie Johnson and criticizes the circuit’s three-time defending champion Saturday night. Batesville’s Mark Martin scored his fourth Sprint Cup victory of the season.

HAMPTON, Ga. – Kurt Busch is no hurry to talk to Jimmie Johnson after some late-race bumping last weekend at Chicagoland Speedway.

On the second day of tire testing at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Busch said he’ll wait until next week to talk to NASCAR’s three-time defending Cup champion.

“I just feel like the way things went down and that we’re on totally opposite ends, we need a little bit more time to go by and we’ll talk to each other at Indy,” Busch said Tuesday. “I’ll reach out for him.”

Both will be at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 26 for the All-Sta...

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July, 2009