Kurt Busch has pled guilty to a criminal charge of driving while impaired, TMZ Sports has learned.
An Iredell County, N.C. court official tells us the former NASCAR champion entered the plea on Wednesday.
The official says in exchange for the guilty plea, prosecutors agreed to drop the reckless driving and speeding charges he was facing in the case.
The racecar driver received a 60-day suspended jail sentence for 12 months. During that year-long timeframe, the official said Busch will be on unsupervised probation.
Statement from Busch:
