My Wife is a huge Nascar fan and wants to know what you think about Kyle Busch's treatment of a custom Les Paul , hand painted trophy of a recent race ?
Loving guitar the way I do, I don't like anybody smashing a perfectly good guitar, but, evidently, he did it for all the right reasons. Here's an excerpt from the story:
Busch capped his victory celebration after the NASCAR Nationwide Series race by grabbing the custom-painted guitar by the neck and slamming it three times into the Victory Lane concrete before tossing it aside.
The rock star antics originated last year when Busch told his team he would smash one of racing's most coveted prizes if he ever won at Nashville.
To its credit, the guitar chipped but never shattered.
"It didn't break according to plan," Busch said. "We'll go back to the shop and cut it up into smooth pieces so everyone on the team can have one. Then I'm going to order two more for me and [crew chief]Jason Ratcliff.
"Everybody's [smashed a guitar] except race car drivers. Those sorry saps take it home in one piece. I'll break it up and share it with the team."
One onlooker who applauded the theatrics was Sam Bass, the artist who paints Nashville's trophy guitars.
"I'll be honest with you, I was stunned when it happened," Bass said. "But when I went to Victory Lane to take a picture with Kyle, he said there was no disrespect to me, the speedway or the sponsors. He just said he was going to give each one of his guys a piece of the trophy. In the spirit of rock and roll and, as someone who appreciates rock and roll, he put on a show."
