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The suspension means Busch will have to sit out NASCAR's
premier event, the Daytona 500, on Sunday.
"Given the serious nature of the findings and conclusions made
by the Commissioner of the Family Court of the State of
Delaware, NASCAR has indefinitely suspended driver Kurt Busch,
effective immediately," NASCAR said in a statement.
"He will not be allowed to race nor participate in any NASCAR
activities until further notice."
In an opinion regarding the protective order he granted to
Patricia Driscoll on Monday, Kent County Family Court
Commissioner David Jones wrote Friday that Busch "more likely
than not ... committed an act of domestic violence."
Driscoll, 37, said Busch grabbed her by the neck inside his
motorhome at Dover International Speedway in Delaware on Sept.
26 and repeatedly hit her head against a wall.
Busch has denied the charges, testifying last month that he
cupped Driscoll's cheeks but never smashed her head against a
wall.
(Reporting by Steve Ginsburg in Washington; Editing by Eric
Beech)
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