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NASCAR Cup Series: Kyle Busch Grabs a Strong Finish After a ‘Wild Ride’

Published 07/20/2020, 12:11 PM EDT

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The Two times Cup Series Champion Kyle Busch doesn’t seem to enjoy 2020. The driver won his last race in 2019. The win came at the very last race of the 2019 season. With that win, Kyle also won the 2019 NASCAR Cup series. The driver is still searching for a 2020 season race win. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver had a hectic weekend as he took part in all the three races at the Texas Motor Speedway.

Kyle Busch won the Xfinity Series race at Texas on Saturday. However, the joy was only for a few moments as the race win was taken from him. His No. 54 car failed the post-race inspections. He already has one Xfinity race win this season. Although this win would have been his 98th in the Xfinity series. Kyle Busch bounced back by winning the Truck Series race at the same circuit.

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Kyle Busch – From Grass to Finishing 4th

Kyle started the final NASCAR race of the weekend in 4th position. He finished in the second position after the completion of the 1st stage. He had a fairly good stage two where he started in the second position and ended on the 10th.

However, during the restart on the 218th lap, Ryan Blaney got out of balance. This started a chain reaction with the drivers behind him as they begin to accumulate. Busch in the No. 18 Toyota got into an ugly situation and was between his teammates Martin Truex Jr. and, Joey Logano when the chaos started.

Busch was hit by Aric Almirola. Unquestionably, this was a racing incident as the vehicles accumulated. He eventually hit Truex.

Truex pummeled into the wall. Busch went the other way and through the grass before coming back on the track. His car was still in drivable condition. Busch kept on husting and, incredibly, drove his car to finish fourth.

During the post-race interview with NBC, the Cup Series champion was asked how he figured out to keep driving the car after hitting grass like that.

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His answer was a typical Kyle Busch response. He said, “KFB.” It means Kyle F**** Busch.

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Abhay Aggarwal is sports analyst at EssentiallySports. Having joined ES in early 2020, he has over 300 NASCAR, Formula 1, and Tennis articles to his name. Abhay has been an avid motorsports fan for over a decade, and he even attended the inaugural Indian Grand Prix in 2011.
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