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Busch is casting Patricia Driscoll as a jilted lover who
wants to destroy the race car driver's reputation.
"Everyone on the outside can tell me I'm crazy, but I lived it
on the inside," Busch testified Tuesday in a Delaware court.
Busch, a winner of 25 races and the NASCAR champion in 2004,
said he and Driscoll were once in El Paso, Texas, where Driscoll
had left that night in camouflage and boots.
She returned to the hotel at which he was staying wearing a
trench coat, Busch testified, and under it she was wearing an
evening gown splattered with blood and other matter.
Busch said Driscoll was dispatched on missions across Central
and South America and Africa.
Driscoll has accused the 36-year-old driver of slamming her head
against the bedroom wall of his motorhome while they were at
Dover International Speedway. Busch has denied he ever
physically abused Driscoll.
Busch, during the four-day hearing that concluded Tuesday, said
he ended his relationship with Driscoll last autumn because she
was taking up too much of his time and he needed to focus on
racing.
Driscoll, 37, runs her own surveillance system company and
oversees the Armed Forces Foundation, a non-profit to support
the military that has partnered with NASCAR.
It could be weeks before Commissioner David Jones issues a final
decision on a protection order.
(Reporting by Steve Ginsburg; Editing by Susan Heavey)
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