Kyle Busch explains mechanical issues that led to DNF at Iowa

On a day when plenty of tires were blowing out on the track, Kyle Busch ran into even more significant problems at the Iowa Corn 350 on Sunday evening.

Busch was in decent position on the track when something happened to his car. He quickly trailed off, losing several positions before entering pit road to check on the problem.

It was more than just a busted tire, unfortunately.

“Yeah, I don’t know what happened, but Next Gen parts and pieces broke,” Busch explained. “Something in the left rear suspension, I don’t know if it was a toe link or what it was, but it changed the skew of the back of the car and just undriveable doing that.”

Kyle Busch had his pit crew work on it on pit road briefly, before they told him to head to the garage. Even after he got to the garage there was some hope he’d be able to get back on the track.

Then further issues popped up.

“Came in and fixed it, rolling back out blew the power steering line off or the belt, just broke the belt,” Busch said. “So I have no idea.”

Kyle Busch entered the day just outside the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs cut-off, so his exit from the Iowa Corn 350 is a tough one. The frustration was evident on his face during an interview while the race remained ongoing.

Busch is sitting on 380 points, trailing Bubba Wallace by eight points. Wallace is the last driver inside the cut line currently.

“Frustrating for sure, not what we wanted for all of our zone guys, everybody from QuikTrip,” Busch said. “Having a pretty decent day, I mean I thought we had a top-10 run going and we had an opportunity there to score some points, but not to be.”