NASCAR Says Kyle Busch's Actions, Prison Sentence Do Not Violate Conduct Policy

NASCAR says that Kyle Busch's conviction in January on a gun charge from an incident at an airport in Mexico does not violate the series' Member Conduct policy.

Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion, was detained at an airport in Quintana Roo, Mexico, for possessing a firearm in his baggage while returning home from a vacation in Cancun with wife Samantha on Jan. 27. The official report from Mexico stated that a "caliber pistol-type firearm was detected inside .38 with magazine stocked with six useful hollow point cartridges."

Busch, who tweeted that he has "a valid concealed carry permit," apparently didn't know where his gun was, as in a tweet on social media Monday he claimed that he made a mistake "by forgetting it was in my bag."

Mexican authorities sentenced Busch on Jan. 29, to 3 1/2 years in prison and fined him the equivalent of $1,098 (20,748 pesos). Busch "was credited with his full responsibility in the commission of the crime of carrying a firearm without a license and possession of cartridges for the exclusive use of the Armed Forces."

It is unclear in the Mexican report how Busch was able settle the prison sentence portion of the judgement.