Busch proclaims "everything's great" after NASCAR meeting with Logano

Neither Busch nor Logano were penalized for their pit road fight following last Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas, but were required to meeting with series officials before Friday’s first practice.

Busch was asked five different questions upon exiting the NASCAR hauler and gave pretty much the same answer each time:

“Everything’s great. Looking forward to a fantastic weekend here in Phoenix. Back to the race track.” 

Those were the first public comments by Busch since the incident.

Logano ready to move on

Logano had addressed the incident immediately after last week’s race and again during an appearance on Fox Sports 1’s “Race Hub” show this week.

Logano said he came to the meeting armed with some data to show what was going on with his No. 22 Team Penske Ford, hoping to shed some light on the issue with Busch.

“That’s that, we’ll move on,” Logano said. “I hope he was able to see (my side).”

Asked if he thought he and Busch were now good moving forward, Logano said, “I guess time will tell, we’ll see. There’s nothing more I can do at this point other than to plead my case and say it was an honest mistake and hard racing at the end.

“We’re going to try to move on and focus on our (team).”

Asked if he was OK to the outcome of the process, Logano said, “Yeah, yup.”

NASCAR's stance

Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR’s executive vice president and chief racing development officer, said NASCAR allowed the drivers to talk about what happened and then NASCAR made clear their expectations going forward.

“It’s an emotional sport. We still view that as two drivers racing hard for position,” he said. “If that escalates beyond that into doing something intentionally on the race track, we’re very clear we’ll react. But we’re moving on.”

Asked if he thought anything more will take place between Busch and Logano, O’Donnell said, “I don’t but you never know. NASCAR’s built on good, hard racing, which is what we believe these guys we’re doing at Las Vegas.”

Immediately after the conclusion of last week’s race, Busch walked briskly down pit road to where Logano had parked his No. 22 Team Penske Ford. Busch walked directly up to Logano and threw a right punch.

The two drivers got tangled together in a fight and fell to the ground. Several NASCAR officials on hand grabbed a hold of Busch and pulled him away from the fight.

“It’s always good to get the two drivers together. They may not agree on what took place, but again I think it’s important for us to make clear what we expect of them.”