A dark cloud is hovering over the Richard Childress Racing team. Its ambitions to revive its former glory as a stellar Cup Series team are faltering miserably. That is because Kyle Busch has yet to find his momentum for the 2024 season. While scrambling for a win, Busch also struggles to find reasons to justify his slow progress.

After his encounter with Corey LaJoie at Pocono Raceway, Busch took time to formulate his response. But eventually, he circled back, shrugging the blame off his own shoulders, drawing the ire of Corey LaJoie. This also shows Rowdy is failing to match his words with his actions day by day.

Kyle Busch upsets rivals over harsh words

Once, Richard Childress Racing fetched wins like plucking apples. Legendary drivers like Dale Earnhardt and Kevin Harvick brought all the fame and glory. However, it has been a while since the trophies stopped coming. In an effort to revamp its runs, the team roped in Kyle Busch for 2023 onwards, hoping to cash in on the 63-time Cup veteran’s talents. But after three wins in the first 12–15 races last season, Busch was knocked up against a dry desert.

Now on a 41-race winless streak, Rowdy is drawing up excuses. After he spun out of contention in New Hampshire due to mechanical failure, Kyle Busch blamed the ‘wet track’ for his misery. But fans were not convinced, aiming their guns at him and calling him a ‘professional liar.’ Now Busch has another reason for his Pocono wreck. Corey LaJoie blamed Busch’s ill-timed blocks for his eventual wreck at first but then owned up to his mistake later. So Busch squarely pinned the blame on LaJoie for twisting the truth on the Pat McAfee show.

Evidently, the Spire Motorsports driver was not at all happy with his RCR rival’s defiant stance. “He should at least answer a text or a phone call after I’ve tried to tell him my story,” LaJoie said as he complained about Kyle Busch defaming him on international TV. “I understand he has every right to be mad, but for him to go on the biggest talk show in the country and call me a liar, it pisses me off.”

Kyle Busch had an unfortunate string of events, blaming his rivals while talking to McAfee. “I’ve been wrecked in five of the last seven races by somebody.” Yet peculiarly, the RCR driver rescinded his protests in the midst of NASCAR’s press. At the Indianapolis NASCAR media availability, the press asked Busch if LaJoie wrecked his Pocono chances. In reply, Busch said, “I don’t know, you need to ask him.”

He added, “Racing is racing and if stuff happens, it happens.” This further cements the fact that Kyle Busch is desperately scrambling for glory and excuses to cover up his failures.

Additionally, wading through the chaotic ‘stuff’ can be a tough job to tackle. And according to Corey LaJoie, Kyle Busch is plenty capable of doing the tricks.

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The All-Star fistfight was a spectacle to watch on this season’s NASCAR TV. Kyle Busch aggressively wrecked Ricky Stenhouse Jr. out of contention, barely two laps into the race. The JTG Daugherty Racing driver lost his temper and threw an uppercut on Busch’s left cheek post-race. But his actions proved too naive, as NASCAR came down heavily on Stenhouse with a penalty while Busch escaped scot-free.

Then in Nashville, the authorities granted Busch a mysterious restart on the front row after he lost a few spots. These instances demonstrate Kyle Busch’s innate understanding of the sport. He manages to steer clear of NASCAR’s wrath, just like some other veterans.

So Corey LaJoie is not too worried about Busch’s ‘payback’ comments. Instead, he expects a wreck that would look like an accident. “A guy like him and a guy like Denny (Hamlin), we’ve seen it where when those guys crash you, they’re good enough to where it doesn’t look like it’s intentional. So I anticipate something like that — we’re running side by side and it’s ‘Man, I lost the nose (of the car)’ and they plug you in the fence and it’s ‘Sorry about your bad luck.'”

As it seems, Kyle Busch is frantically searching for his resurgent moment. Unless he finds his way to Victory Lane soon, the RCR driver will face his first winless season in 19 years.