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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – AUGUST 15: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Mix Toyota, waits on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Verizon 200 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on August 15, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – AUGUST 15: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Mix Toyota, waits on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Verizon 200 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on August 15, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Richard Childress Racing attempted to drop a mystery image of a new driver in their lineup. Sadly, their graphics department decided to go lazy with it. Fans quickly caught on to the obvious silhouette and called it out to be of Xfinity Series driver Austin Hill.
Now with the rumors surrounding Kyle Busch’s move into RCR have been thrown out of the window and under a rug. It also brings out the possibility that Austin would be Tyler Reddick’s replacement.
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Fans mocked RCR for the lazy approach towards these Twitter reveals. Though some fans thought it was Kyle Busch, others were quick to shut it down and confirmed that Kyle did not possess such a wide body frame.
— Ben (@BigBen0397) July 27, 2022
Ears aren't goofy enough to be Kyle, that's 1,000% Austin Hill
— Gage: #FireAvila 〽️🐯🦁🐙🐎 (@Deep_Shot_Gage) July 27, 2022
I mean big secret here lmao pic.twitter.com/uGoms1heZH
— J Wall (@J_Wall_3) July 27, 2022
Timing couldn't be any worse.
— Rusty Shackleford (@theChrisP33) July 27, 2022
That's a very interesting yet really good theory
— B (@brandon_1183) July 27, 2022
Austin Hill. How anyone gets Kyle Busch out of this is beyond me. Kyle Ain’t that wide and don’t have that kind of dump truck.
— Nascar Dippin’ Sauce (@NascarSauce) July 27, 2022
It's probably best to take a new photo when doing one of these masked pictures. https://t.co/xBFqpJHMPG pic.twitter.com/LiDE4KZ0Ji
— Bozi Tatarevic (@BoziTatarevic) July 27, 2022
"The photoshopping of this announcement could not be any worse."
— Dustin McGrew (@dmcgrew) July 27, 2022
The majority of the mockery came from how RCR reacted to the Tyler Reddick news and how they ended up treating him. But regardless, now it’s for certain that the doors to RCR for Kyle Busch have been nailed shut.
Despite disqualifications, Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin rise through the power rankings
Even after Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch were disqualified after the Pocono race, both drivers managed to climb up the NASCAR power rankings table.
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AVONDALE, ARIZONA – MARCH 12: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 DeWalt Toyota, waits on the grid during practice for the Ruoff Mortgage 500 at Phoenix Raceway on March 12, 2022, in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
According to CBS power rankings, Denny moved up to 4th place and Kyle up to 7th place. Kyle Busch’s performance at Pocono reminded us of his older days when he was in his prime, alas for the disqualification or else we’d have seen a much happier Busch.
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Hamlin gained a total of four spots in terms of his race day performance rather than the final outcome that ended in victory being snatched from his hands and passed onto a classy Chase Elliott. This week as we move closer to the race in Indianapolis, we ought to see what transpires through this weekend.
Do you think Denny can clench another win at least in a legitimate car? or will Kyle Busch be out there to prove he’s still got what it takes to win races? or maybe we just see another comfortable Chase Elliot win. Let us know what are your predictions for the upcoming race!
