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So I'm standing on Edgeworth Street near Blandwood Mansion trying to get more details about a report of a shooting when this guy rolls by.

Turns out he likes his Richard Childress drivers (the 33 is Clint Bowyer and the 29 is Kevin Harvick) as well as Hendrick drivers Mark Martin (5) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88). And the driver he hates: Kyle Busch, who pilots the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Toyota on Sundays.

Busch's boorish behavior and tart tongue are legendary. But after Saturday's Nationwide race at Nashville, Busch outdid himself in victory lane. Winners of the race get a hand-painted Gibson guitar (Nashville = Guitar town). Most play air-guitar. Busch smashed his.

The first four shots in this series are of Shrub with the guitar. In the third shot, the artist, posing with Busch and the remains of the guitar, must be dying inside.

Here's the personal kicker to this story: As I get back into my car to come back to the N&R, I flip on the radio, and Jim Rome is talking about ... Kyle Busch.