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Kurt Busch Drops in a Hilarious Picture of His and Denny Hamlin’s Car Merging Because of iRacing Bug

Published 05/07/2020, 12:02 PM EDT

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NASCAR driver Kurt Busch posted a hilarious picture of an iRacing game glitch. The picture has Busch’s number 1 car merged onto the number 11 Toyota Camry of Denny Hamlin.

The in-game glitch had Kurt’s Monster energy branded number 1 car merged with Hamlin’s number 11 car. Both Kurt and Hamlin are regulars of the highly popular NASCAR iRacing Pro Invitation Series races. Additionally, Denny Hamlin won the first virtual NASCAR race held at a virtual Miami Speedway.

The driver posted a picture on Twitter with the title “Caption this”. He has been very active on social media after the racing break.

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The tweet had everyone laughing out loud and post hilarious replies to the glitch. Michael Waltrip was one of the guys reacting to the post. He tweeted, “We’re the two best friends that anyone could have”.

Additionally, Many users posted comments like,  “I didn’t know Ganassi and Gibbs were merging”, and “You got your chocolate in my peanut butter”.

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The NASCAR season is set to resume on 17th May with a fanless race in Darlington. The Pro Invitation Series will come to an end this weekend. The final race will be held in the legendary North Wilkesboro Speedway.

Kurt Busch had a long fulfilling career in NASCAR

He at present contends full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Chip Ganassi Racing. He is the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series champion and right now tied for the longest-tenured dynamic driver in the Cup Series with Ryan Newman, having made their first beginning in 2000. He is the more seasoned sibling of double cross NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch.

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Busch has driven for top teams like Stewart-Haas RacingPenske Racing, and Roush Racing during his 20 year long Cup career. Additionally, He has won over 31 races in the cup series including a win at Daytona 500 in 2017.

Watch: Kyle Busch Getting In a Fist Fight With Joey Logano at Las Vegas

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