Generally, driving on the grass is not recommended during NASCAR races, but Kyle Busch had no choice on Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway after being involved in a 12-car accident early in the final stage of O ‘ Reilly Auto Parts 500.
And although he remains winless in 2020, he managed to achieve the best result of all four Joe Gibbs Racing cars.
After a restart to open the third and final leg of the race, Ryan Blaney was leading the outer lane when he broke free and caused a chain reaction with the drivers behind him starting to pile up. Busch at No. 18 Toyota was in the middle of a three-wide situation and stood between his teammate Martin Truex Jr. and Joey Logano while the chaos ensued.
Busch appeared to be hit by Aric Almirola in the No. 10 Ford, certainly unintentional when the cars piled up, and then he became Truex.
As Truex crashed into the wall, Busch went in the opposite direction and traversed the grass before finally landing on the tarmac with a car still drivable.
Busch was able to continue competing and surprisingly drove that car back to fourth place. Then, during his pit road interview with NBC Sports, the reigning Cup Series champion was asked how he managed to continue competing and save the race.
And his answer was Kyle Busch par excellence.
“KFB”, or Kyle Busch if we really have to explain it.
But Busch said more than that about his journey through the grass:
“He threw the shot through the grass, and that killed the frontend. It’s hard to tell at a glance that there was something wrong, but it definitely wasn’t right after that. We keep trying to release it and put the divider back on the floor to finish it and get a good finish. Fortunately, we made it, but we’re not close yet. A long way to go. “
Here are some more replays of the Texas multi-car accident on Sunday:
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