Kyle Busch promises to turn things around after an un-deserving finish at Indy

Kyle Busch had another disappointing end to the day at Indy.

Kyle Busch promises to turn things around after an un-deserving finish at Indy

Kyle Busch at Martinsville (Credits: @RCR/Twitter)

The last five races in the Cup series have been a bag of disappointments for two times Cup series champion Kyle Busch. He has finished 36 or worse in three of the last five races. His best finish was a P3 at Richmond, but it was his only top-20 finish in the same period. Busch’s unfortunate run continued at Indy, where he was the 36th finishing driver.

The No:8 Richard Childress Racing Chevy Camaro ZL1 driver was forced to retire from the race earlier in stage one. He was unlapped race leader before being forced to call an end to his race following an engine issue. While talking about the poor result, he pointed out that his team deserved better results and had the top five cars.

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“We had a strong 3CHI Chevrolet in qualifying and ran inside the top five for the first half of the race. The car suddenly acted like it had a lot of drag, and it felt like something internal might have broken. We’ve had top-five cars lately but haven’t gotten the finishes our No. 8 team has deserved,” Kyle Busch said, as reported by MBC.

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He added that he would fix the issues at the upcoming race weekend at Watkins Glen next weekend. Busch said, “Despite the result, everyone at Richard Childress Racing did a good job not only today but this weekend. We’ll turn it around next weekend at Watkins Glen International.”

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Kyle Busch teammate Austin Dillon had an okay-ish race

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Austin Dillon at Martinsville (@RCR/Twitter)

Busch’s teammate, Austin Dillion, has struggled the whole season and had a similar but better story.  He finished the race at P16 at Indy, marking the back-to-back top 20 finish. He was on his way to securing his third top 10 finish of the last five races, but he couldn’t hold on to the full ten runs he had the whole day in the final parts of the race.

“It was great to run in the top 10 for a lot of the race. I thought we had a top-10 finish coming our way, but we just got too tight at the end of the race. We were wheel-hopping more and more. It’s okay because we hung in there. I wish we could have freed our Chevy up, but it’s hard to do when you’re running that well,” Dillion said after the race.

While Busch can afford to score finishes outside the top 30, Dillion can’t even afford a finish worse than P10 since he desperately needs to build the momentum that could help him to win the regular season finale at Daytona. He secured last in a similar fashion last season and will give everything he has to repeat it.

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