“Flabbergasted,” Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick on their disappointing playoff exit
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Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick
The playoff grid witnessed yet another disappointing race day of the post-season at Bristol. Similar to the last two rounds of playoffs a non-championship chaser has secured the spot in the victory lane. Chris Buescher outran the grid to secure the win of the No:17 RFK Racing team, its first since 2017.
The 19th different race winner of the season sent the former cup champion duo of Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch out of the playoff. They were accompanied by the RCR duo of Austin Dillon and Tyler Reddick. The latter were collected in a crash while the former have their car to blame for the elimination.
Kyle Busch saw his day end early as he faced an early exit due to an engine failure. Kyle Busch who recently penned a new deal with RCR saw his last championship chase with Joe Gibbs Racing No:18 team ending in a second engine failure in three weeks of 2022 posts-season.
Kevin Harvick had two disastrous previous rounds earlier so his nightmares came back as he once again fell victim to bad luck. Harvick who was in line for a win saw a pit-stop mishap casting positions on lap 439. He finished P10 in the race which wasn’t enough to advance to Round of 12.
“It just goes with our year,” Kyle Busch on his playoff exit.
Kyle Busch acknowledged that he is speechless and stunned about the situation he found himself in. he added that he feels bad for his team as they don’t deserve the elimination. He added that they are too good as a team to be in a situation where they are fighting at the bottom.
“It just goes with our year. I don’t even know what to say. I’m flabbergasted. I just feel so bad for my guys. They don’t deserve to be in this spot. They work too hard. We are too good of a group to be this low–down on the bottom, fighting for our lives just to make it through,” Kyle Busch said.
Kyle Busch points out that this is what two engine failures will do to you in the playoffs and reiterated that he feels bad for everyone, saying, “Two engine failures in three weeks, that will do it to you. I feel bad for all of Rowdy Nation, everybody at M&M’s, Interstate Batteries, Rowdy Energy, and all of the partners that get us going every week. This is not our normal,”.
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“Pretty tough,” Kevin Harvick on his playoff exit
Kevin Harvick reacting to his exit acknowledged that it was pretty tough for him to lose after pitting ahead of the winner. He pointed out that it had to make a pass after he got caught up in the parade, when he should have been leading them.
“It was pretty tough. We pitted in front of the 17 (Buescher), and that’s just kind of the way the year has gone. We went from having a chance to lead the parade to be a part of the parade. Just difficult to pass. Not much more you can say,” says Kevin Harvick.
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