Kurt Busch's crew chief blames Stewart

Pat Tryson, Kurt Busch's crew chief, has no problem saying Tony Stewart was at fault for causing the wreck Friday during practice for the Bud Shootout at Daytona International Speedway. Busch and Stewart were involved in a wreck that collected a number of cars, including Busch's Pesnke Racing teammate, Ryan Newman.
“We were out there drafting and both our car and Tony’s car was pretty good," Tryson said. "Those guys are out there running hard. They were on the back stretch and Tony had a little run on us. He went to the inside, but there was a slower car there so he came back to the outside and there was just barely enough room. He got into our right rear and turned left and pretty much just wrecked us. Anybody can play it anyway they want, but it was Tony’s fault."
The history between the two drivers has been extensively documented. They have been rubbing fenders since races last yeat and apparently the discontent is carrying over into the 2008 season.
"There’s some frustration from past history, but that is what it is and we’ll work on our car and try to get a third one down here (Saturday) morning. We’ll get ready for the Bud Shootout and put this behind us and get ready for the Daytona 500."
Both Newman and Busch will have to race back-up cars in the Shootout. The cars they used in practice were damaged beyond repair. Newman's car tangled with Clint Bowyer's car in the crash.
“When you walk away from something like that you have to smile," said Newman, driver of the No, 12 Dodge for Penske Racing. "It’s just wrong place, wrong time you know. Clint stuck his nose underneath me and it was either turn right going into the corner if he would have gotten outside of me or count on him checking up. He said he checked up; it just wasn’t enough. He didn’t mean to turn me around, but that’s kind of the way it happened.”
Apparently there are no hard feelings between Newman and Bowyer.
"I asked him (Bowyer). I said ‘just tell me you version,’" Newman said. "It’s part of what happens at this type of race tracks. You know everybody is trying to make these cars stick. That really wasn’t a bad part of it, but it’s unfortunate.”