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USA Today via Reuters

USA Today via Reuters

While it may not fit the popular narrative going around in the NASCAR circles, Toyota is indeed pretty bummed about what happened with Kyle Busch in Bristol. The soon-to-be-ex Joe Gibbs Racing driver became one of the stories of the night as he exited the playoffs because of an engine failure.

And not just an engine failure, his second engine failure in three weeks.

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Speaking about Busch’s exit from championship contention, Toyota’s David Wilson addressed the media and expressed his thoughts on the situation.

“We cost Kyle Busch a shot at his third championship,” he said.

However, NASCAR fans weren’t really buying Toyota’s explanations or their remorseful outlook towards the state of the season of the two-time champion.

In fact, many of them reacted pretty sourly and insinuated that Toyota doesn’t really care about Kyle Busch considering what happened in the last 6 months or so.

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David Wilson elaborates on the problems faced by Kyle Busch and his #18 Toyota Camry

The Toyota boss opened up on the multiple engine failures they’ve experienced this season with Kyle Busch, something which is a surprise considering they had 0 failures last season.

Wilson described that they have found “an instability” in their valve train, which, according to them, was triggered by NASCAR’s mandated rev limiter.

“Arguably, I would venture to say, were we running the same package as last season, we would see none of this. We’ve just not experienced this. We’ve uncovered a weakness in our valve train,” he added.

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Wilson reassured that “there’s no question” that NASCAR and the teams are looking into the issue and will definitely fix it in the future.

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As for the outcome of the season for them, the Toyota boss insisted that no matter what happens, the Kyle Busch exit will still haunt them, regardless.

“Whether we’re so fortunate enough to possibly win a championship with either Christopher or Denny later this year, I’m still going to be haunted by what happened, not just in Bristol, but Darlington as well,” he said. “Two engine failures across three weeks is unheard of.”

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“It’s unacceptable.”

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