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Jeff Burton reacts to Kyle Busch eviscerating Joey Logano after wreck at Daytona 500

FaceProfileby:Thomas Goldkamp•02/19/25
Jeff Burton
(Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

One of the most important wrecks in the Daytona 500 collected multiple drivers capable of winning, including Joey Logano, Kyle Busch and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

The primary contact occurred between Logano and Stenhouse, who attempted to block Logano from making a pass.

Busch was caught up as an innocent bystander and his race was over. The driver of the No. 8 absolutely lit into Joey Logano after the race for his impatience in trying to make the pass.

“Kyle Busch did nothing wrong and got wrecked, so he was mad,” commentator Jeff Burton said.

So what exactly happened?

The wreck occurred when Joey Logano got a big run out behind Stenhouse. As he closed down the space, Logano saw a lane to the middle to potentially slip by Stenhouse.

Stenhouse attempted to block him, and that’s what started the big chain reaction.

Both cars bumped a bit before eventually careening out of control and wiping several drivers out of the race, including Busch. Busch had some choice words for Logano after the race.

Burton did his best to explain why Busch was so upset with Joey Logano after the race.

“Look, I think the other factor in this is when Joey said, ‘I had a chance to get in front of the 4,’ not only is it a Ford, it’s the middle,” Burton said. “I think he wanted to be in the middle lane rather than the outside lane. I think if you look at the race throughout the day, the middle lane was better than the outside lane. The outside lane worked well earlier but it seemed once it got up to speed and everybody could run full speed, not trying to save fuel, the bottom two lanes were better than the outside lane.

“So I think that was in his mind as much as wanting to be that second car. He didn’t want to be three-wide on the outside. If he was going to be three-wide he wanted to be in the middle.”

In the end, Kyle Busch was wiped out of the race and Joey Logano missed his shot at the win as a result of the miscalculation. Both will be looking to learn from it and move on.