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Kyle Busch rips NASCAR after massive Daytona 500 wreck

FaceProfileby:Thomas Goldkamp•02/16/25
Kyle Busch
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Kyle Busch was one of the drivers collected in a big wreck at the Daytona 500 involving Joey Logano and Ricky Stenhouse Jr., but he was upset that he wasn’t allowed back into the race by NASCAR.

Procedures prevented the driver of the No. 8 car from returning to the field, even though Busch and his team determined the car was still in good enough working condition.

“I don’t know, I ain’t seen a replay,” a frustrated Kyle Busch told reporters after the race. “But we got beat by NASCAR procedures again, just not being able to get back out on the racetrack.”

Busch’s car flew toward the inside wall on the track after the big wreck collected at least a half dozen drivers. However, he appeared to avoid the worst of the wear.

Still, he was tied up by those procedures he mentioned. He explained.

“I had four flat tires out there and we have these air-jack systems in the car, mandatory by NASCAR, and the guy carries an empty air bottle to plug up to the car,” Kyle Busch said. “So couldn’t plug it up so I could make my own return back to pit road. Said I just wanted a push, so they decided for three laps to figure out how to hook it up to tow us back in. Towed us into a work area where our guys reviewed the car, looked over the car, didn’t see anything massively wrong. All the wheels were pointed in the right direction. We put four new tires on it to go back out to basically see what the next process was going to be for us.

“And then was told that if you need to work on it and repair it you’ve got to go back to that place. But if you go back to that place, they park you. So what are we supposed to do to continue to work on it now that we’ve got four new tires on it and all the wheels are pointed in the right direction?”

In the end, the day was ruined for Busch. It’s unclear exactly which procedure did him in, but it wasn’t a failure to reach minimum speed.

“It hadn’t gone green yet,” Kyle Busch said. “It hadn’t gone green yet. You can’t meet minimum speed if it’s not green.”

In any case, it was a disappointing finish for Busch, who called out Joey Logano pretty pointedly after the race.