Kyle Busch stressing over 20-year win streak amid winless drought
Kyle Busch knows he needs to win a race soon to keep his 20-year win streak alive. The NASCAR star spoke to Bob Pockrass of Fox Sports on Thursday and was asked about possibly not making the playoffs.
“I’m not stressing over the playoffs probably as much as I’m stressing the 20-year win streak,” Busch said. “That’s the bigger goal. You win a race for that, you’re going to be in the playoffs.”
Busch also talked about what the streak means to him. “I think it says a lot, Busch said. “There’s a lot of different cars that I’ve raced in that time. “There’s been a lot of different crew chiefs I’ve worked with and engineers and teams and people and pit crews and all that stuff.
“It just goes to show you how tough this sport is and where it’s become. What it boils down to is just being able to be consistent with fast cars, be upfront, we’ve had it some weeks, we haven’t had it in others.”
Busch has won at least one race in every Cup Series season since 2005. His last victory came during the 2023 Enjoy Illinois 300 at the World Wide Technology Raceway. Interestingly enough, the NASCAR drivers will be competing on that track for the Cup Series race on Sunday.
Kyle Busch earns P15 finish at Coca-Cola 600
This past Sunday, Busch finished 15th in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. After the race Busch talked about how his night wasn’t as consistent as it should have been.
“It was a seesaw night for the zone Chevrolet team in this year’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway,” Busch said, per NBC Sports. “We were off the mark early in the race battling a loose-handling Chevy and struggling to get through traffic. We ended up one lap down after our first pit stop due to a penalty for an uncontrolled tire.
“Fortunately, we made that up by the end of the first stage. Crew chief Randall Burnett made a ton of changes throughout the race, especially at the end of Stage 1. All the guys on the zone team worked hard and improved the balance of the car. We worked our way inside the top-10 for a few laps before the last round of stops but we were just too tight in the center and too loose off to stay there. I think we could have picked up a couple more spots if we had finished the race.”