[autotag]Kyle Busch[/autotag] was in a fierce battle with Ross Chastain in the NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Kansas Speedway, but it went south quickly. Busch held the lead with 32 laps, looking to win his first race of the 2024 NASCAR season; however, he found himself spinning out as Chase Briscoe fought hard to stay on the lead lap. Chastain would go on to win, while Busch finished in 19th place.
Following the event, Busch was very disappointed to see his day end with a top-20 finish instead of celebrating in victory lane with his No. 8 team. The Richard Childress Racing driver discussed the incident and how he felt after the race.
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“I am sure [Chase Briscoe] was racing to stay on the lead lap with whoever was in front of him there,” Busch said. “Granted, they have a race to run, but back in the old days when you were under 30 to go or whatever it was, lap traffic would kind of lay over and give you a lane and let the leaders race. I just wasn’t getting that, so I tried to force my hand into getting that and get to his outside, and for whatever reason, it just gave all the air in all the wrong places, and I spun out…I’m numb. I don’t know what to do.”
Busch has been so close to victory lane multiple times throughout the 2024 NASCAR season, but this might sting more than the other races. The driver of the No. 8 car was in position to enter victory lane as Chastain and others would have been forced to pass him. Busch is still capable of winning races at NASCAR’s top level, but Kansas might be an event that haunts him for a while.
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