In a 55-minute session dominated by Cup interlopers, defending Rinnai 250 winner Kyle Busch topped the speed charts during NASCAR XFINITY Series final practice at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday.
A right rear tire failure on Kyle Busch’s No. 18 M&Ms Toyota Camry led to a five-car crash just past halfway in Sunday’s 59th annual Daytona 500 and caused Busch to lash out at Goodyear following the incident.
If you asked Kyle Busch his thoughts about new teammate Daniel Suarez during this week’s NASCAR Media Tour at the Charlotte Convention Center, he’d readily admit that Suarez “wore him out” during the course of the young Mexican’s rookie season in 2015.
As Johnny Sauter celebrated the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver’s championship on the frontstretch stage Friday night, Kyle and Samantha Busch were off to the side adding another jewel to their star-studded legacy in the series.
As the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup season enters it’s penultimate race, the Can-Am 500(k), at the Phoenix International Raceway, it appears as things cordial are out the window, even for teammates.
NASCAR announced this morning that they would be imposing, in my humble opinion, rather stiff restrictions on how many races that Cup regulars could run in the XFINITY Series and Camping World Truck Series, beginning in 2017.