

NASCAR will race at Daytona International Speedway this end of the week as the Cup Series will run at the road course for the 1st time.
The race shows how NASCAR has been adaptable because of the pandemic. It presents difficulties for the drivers who will race without practice or qualifying.
“I don’t know what the first couple of laps are going to be like, I’m worried more about the first couple of corners,” 2019 Cup Series champion Kyle Busch told Fox News.
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“You can do all the simulation in iRacing and everything else to prepare yourself and get ready for it. But there’s nothing that translates as closely as just getting out there and doing it in real life.”
.@KyleBusch was the only @NASCAR Cup Series driver in this year's Rolex 24 at Daytona.
With the help of on-board camera footage from @DISUpdates — and a quote from Kyle's post-race interview at @MISpeedway — we figured he'd give you a guide around the track. 😅 pic.twitter.com/yeMejizoqV
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) August 13, 2020
WATCH: Daytona Road Course Ready for NASCAR Cup Series Debut Race
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“I am worried about 1st couple of corners” NASCAR champ Kyle Busch
The track was added to the Cup Series plan the season saw a few races dropped due to the coronavirus pandemic. It successfully replaces the yearly street course race in Watkins Glen International in New York. The Xfinity Series and Truck Series will likewise be utilizing it at the end of the week. Yet Kyle Busch and other Cup Series drivers who race in those series won’t be permitted to so. It is done so they don’t get in the additional laps and an advantage for the Cup race.
The Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driver will be beginning in the fourth position. He has a tad of a decisive advantage over the field. Notwithstanding, as he contended on the track in the current year’s Rolex 24 hours of Daytona race, completing ninth.
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“If I was winning in this way of the world today of no practice and all that stuff, I’d say it was the greatest thing ever.”
Busch is as of now ninth in the season standings with four races remaining. He will surely have a seat in the playoffs, despite the fact that he hasn’t won a race this year. Falling off of a five-win title season, he’s been second multiple times in 2020.
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