Kyle Busch Blames Joe Gibbs Racing Late Decision for Massive Chase Elliott Upset From Last Year at Nashville

It would be the second time when NASCAR makes its trip to St.Louis to run at the World Wide Technology Raceway. The track has posed a challenge for the drivers along with their teams, owing to its low banking. The track had also witnessed eight wreckages and the subsequent portrayal of yellow flags. 

Nevertheless, with the qualifiers over ahead of the race on Sunday, it was the Richard Childress Racing’s Kyle Busch who secured the pole position for the Enjoy Illinois 300. Along with him in the front row sits the Coca-Cola 600 champion Ryan Blaney from Team Penske.  

Busch is clearly pumped up after winning the pole position as it provides him with a vantage point over others. But before he races WWT Raceway, Busch’s past wounds from Nashville are re-opened during the pre-race interview.  

Kyle Busch reveals his displeasure and bitterness toward his former team

The Ally 400 has not been a good experience for the former Joe Gibbs Racing, and his reply to the interview reinforces the fact that he is yet to get over the bitter experiences from the race. Although he had a good start to the race and was on the verge of getting a favorable result. However, the last-minute call from his team failed to pay dividends to Kyle Busch.

While speaking to the reporters about his expected outcomes from the race, one of the reporters asked, “Nashville was one of that kind of got away from you, last year. Have you thought about that and what would your strategy be going forward?” 

At this Rowdy Busch retorted, “Yeah, looking forward to Nashville. It was one that I felt did get away from us. We were really good through much of the race. We actually had trouble in qualifying: had to start in the back and drove through the field. We got up to the end got up to the lead,”

He added, “We led for a little bit, and then out of nowhere, Chase Elliott and the No.9 team came on really strong there the second half of the race and were able to get by us. They were better than us there at the end. I just wish we were able to adjust on our car to keep the speed that we needed when it got to true nighttime so that we were able to prevail.”

“But just don’t work out for us there-we pitted late, took tires and that was able absolutely not worth it. We didn’t make up any ground on that last restart.”

The 2x Cup Series champion also asserted the fact, “So would definitely would like to go back there and change fortunes with that. Thankfully, I’m with the No.8 Chevy team this year, where we can look at some of what the No.9 was doing and what they did to make their stuff better and go from there.”

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This retaliation comes a year after the debacle the, then Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch had suffered due to a lapse of judgment from his team. Although Busch had led quite a few laps along with his former teammate, Denny Hamlin. However, as the race progressed, the No.9 Chevrolet gained momentum after taking fresh tires.

However, the same decision turned out to be fatal for the Daytona winner, as his car was already tight and had to lift his car out of the corner. Although Busch tried to run on the top, in vain as the car failed to turn due to dirty air. In a post-race interview, Busch had exclaimed, “Uh just the car didn’t turn very good on two tires and I got in the wall and when I was up there it was over with and just try to get back to the start-finish line as fast as I could.”

With still two weeks left on the calendar, before the NASCAR races at Nashville, all the attention is fixed on the results of the Gateway race. Will it be Kyle Busch who secures his third win of the season, or will it be Ryan Blaney who would continue his winning streak from Coca-Cola 600?

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