Going for third-straight win, Kyle Busch spins, hits wall twice
Instead of a third-straight win on Sunday, Kyle Busch had three accidents.
Busch, who had won the last two Sprint Cup Series races, hit the wall early in the race at Bristol because of a flat right-front tire. The tire popped as Busch was in the corner, and since he was already in the corner and on the high side of the track, the damage to his car wasn't too severe.
He was able to keep going, though he then spun off the bumper of Chris Buescher after cars stacked up ahead of Busch.
Busch rebounded once again and was knocking on the door of the top 10. Then he got a speeding penalty on pit road under caution and was forced to restart at the back of the field.
The death blow to his race came with a second wall-slam. His car lost another right-front tire and the damage from the second hit was too severe for Busch to continue. As Busch's car came to a stop in the infield, he collided with a fan who had her back turned to his car. The contact with the fan was slight and she appeared to be OK. Always keep your head on a swivel in the garage.
"We just kept getting tighter in the long run," Busch said. "Our car was really good yesterday and we were fast in practice and fast again today. We came from the back to the front a few times and probably one of the few cars able to do that today with as hard as it is the pass.
Since he has two wins, Busch's Chase hopes are just fine and barely worth mentioning. Instead, we'll take this time to tell you that the next Sprint Cup Series race is at Richmond.
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