Team Owner Joe Gibbs Ready to Take Matter Further With NASCAR After Deferred Black Flag Was Shown to Kyle Busch in Richmond

At last. Joe Gibbs Racing have finally won a race this season. It was homeboy Denny Hamlin who took the checkered flag after a sensational drive towards the end of the race. However, it was the other JGR driver, Kyle Busch, who took the headlines after he was shown a black flag during the race.

The No.18 driver became a victim of human error as well as NASCAR’s new Next Gen tape rules during the race in Richmond. Busch’s crew accidentally put the duct tape on his front grill instead of the intended brake duct.

As a result, the two-time Cup champion was shown a black flag which ended his race. The only problem was, it took NASCAR 200 laps to realize Busch’s Camry had duct tape in the wrong place.

However, his boss and team owner, Joe Gibbs, admitted after the race that they will talk to NASCAR regarding this black flag. “I think the point was, when that happened, if that was a penalty, then address it. And it wasn’t until, I think two stops later,” he said.

“I think that’s our concern of, you know, because that would completely change their strategy. So I think that’ll be something we discuss and go over.”

Crew chief of Kyle Busch gives an insight into what led to the Black Flag

After the race that ended prematurely courtesy of a delayed black flag, Ben Beshore, the crew chief of Kyle Busch, admitted he had hoped the duct tape would fall off in the race.

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“We missed putting brake tape on and that’s what happened,” Beshore said. “I didn’t think it would stick, to be honest. I thought it would fall off and it wouldn’t be a problem because the grilles are…wire and big fat openings. I figured as soon as we went and pushed somebody it would fly right off.”

But as they learned some 200 laps later, it didn’t fall off. What did fall off, though, was an opportunity to have a positive result in Richmond, a track where all Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas showed immense promise.

Regardless, Kyle Busch and his team would aim to bounce back next weekend in Martinsville.