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USA Today via Reuters

USA Today via Reuters

With the monsoons encroaching fast, NASCAR’s on-track experience is changing. Yet even that reason seems like an excuse for the long-faltering Cup driver, Kyle Busch. Now facing ever-so-slim chances of cracking into the playoff grid this year, Rowdy may be in desperation.

The Richard Childress Racing driver continued his miserable streak at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, drawing concern from NASCAR veterans. Three separate incidents gutted his fortunes at Loudon, a track where he had won three trophies in the blurry past. The last one seemed bizarre, and Busch explained he had no hand in it. Yet NASCAR fans need more convincing.

Kyle Busch blames the ‘wet’

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The New Hampshire race looked like just the usual for Kyle Busch. Bad luck set in early for the two-time Cup champion, starting 30th due to the points-based lineup. Struggling outside the top 30 for most of the race, Busch entangled Noah Gragson in a wreck on lap 155. Then he crashed off the nose of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. But the death knell rang when Busch shot into the outside wall under caution just as the race prepared to resume under wet conditions.

The incident looked a bit out of the blue; hence, Bob Pockrass asked Kyle Busch about it. “I think I broke traction and spun out,”  he said. Busch explained the dilemma, implicating the wet weather in his crisis. “I lifted way early and just kind of soft-rolled into the corner. It slid across three lanes, got to the old asphalt, and turned sideways. I tried to correct it and chase it, and it just turned the other way and spit me in the fence.”

 

 

Yet this rainy reason seems redundant, as it seemed like just another woeful race for Rowdy. Kyle Busch faced DNFs in three of the last four races, including Gateway, Sonoma, and Iowa. Busch further explained his continued streak at Loudon: “We were not running well at all last week at Loudon, and then we go out in the wet and I’m just trying to catch back up to the tail of the field and we’re crashed.”

But since this symbolizes Kyle Busch’s 2024 misery in general, the NASCAR community is not ready to believe him. The wet weather conditions look like just another excuse to cover up Rowdy’s lagging momentum.

NASCAR fans call Busch’s bluff

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It has been said often that Richard Childress Racing signaled the beginning of Kyle Busch’s fall. Yet now fans are starting to point fingers at the 63-time Cup winner himself. One fan is convinced that Busch is at the zenith of his glittering racing career. “Kyle’s not focused anymore. His days in the sun are behind him.”

Others observed his desperation tactics to cover up the misery. One fan launched a scathing attack on Busch, placing all the blame on him instead of RCR.

That dude is the worst liar. He did that shit on purpose and stopped/parked and got right out.  Didn’t even try to keep going.  Andy Petree was pissed,  RC wouldn’t discipline him, Petree said I’m resigning I can’t put up with this crybaby.” Another fan agreed that Busch’s lying tactics are unbearable, “My brother is a professional liar I wouldn’t wanna carry around that shitbox either.”

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Yet some people simply feel bad about Kyle Busch’s fate. Even one of his ardent detractors conceded to feeling for Rowdy. “2008-2012 me would be jumping for joy seeing Kyle Busch like this…I just feel bad for him now.” Another fan observed that Busch’s racing days may be over. “This guy needs to do something else with his life.”

Evidently, the NASCAR community did not buy into Kyle Busch’s Loudon message. Now it does look like Busch may break his 19-year streak of never missing a Cup win.