Busch's best rivalries during NASCAR Cup career
Look back at the best battles involving Kyle Busch, who was not shy about racing hard.
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They're gonna close in here.
Well, he cut that corner off and put those left side tires right down on the edge of the apron again here in three.
Kyle Busch just gets such a good bite off the corner.
That's why Carl hasn't been able to pass him on the high side either, is because Kyle can get that run off the corner and just clear him as they get up on the straightaway.
Uh-oh, Carl.
He's gonna try the remedy straight off two.
Oh, here he goes.
See the back end of the 18 kick out just a little bit right there.
Okay, he got into him, got into him.
Moved him out of the way.
Just got the lead.
Oh, here comes Kyle back at him again.
He's gonna get to him.
Yeah, gave him a little shove.
Ah, the bump and run, the Bristol move.
Here comes Denny Hamlin.
Denny Hamlin right there too.
Denny Hamlin said, "My turn to play.
I gotta bump her too."
Jeff Gordon's not far behind.
You can see him working back there just behind these guys.
Carl Edwards will come down and win for the second time in his career in Bristol, Tennessee.
Kyle Busch is gonna finish second, Denny Hamlin third.
Whoo!
Awesome race.
Awesome, awesome day.
Carl Edwards mathematically locked in.
Oh, got to give a little nudge here for Kyle Busch.
I don't know what's going on.
They're pushing and shoving a little bit over there.
Don't know what that was all about.
Now the 18's gonna try to run him down.
Well, that would've been the little, the little push that- NASCAR on the hole.
The 18.
W- watch this, guys.
Here comes the 18, and he is, not done yet.
They have called him to the NASCAR hole.
Yes, he is.
He's coming down the pit road.
I guess he didn't like the way he got passed.
You know, after losing the race last night because he didn't get tires, it'd be kind of fun if Harvey could get back up there.
I think he'll gain some positions.
I'm just not sure he's gonna have enough laps to get up there to these top two or three.
Four to go.
They just got blocked real big time going into turn one by the 118.
Boy, Kyle Busch got a great run off turn two down the back straightaway.
There you go.
You know he'll pack it down into turn three.
Oh, he's boogying down in there, baby.
He's- But will it stick?
And Junior gives him the bottom.
Junior- Carl washes up.
June bug's got that high line.
He wants to run it, but I tell you, that 18's gonna get under him right here.
Three to go.
Here he goes.
Junior goes up the hill.
Let's see if he can get a bite on the bottom of the racetrack.
They'll be side by side down the back straightaway.
Ooh, man, that was tight off turn two.
He's got him.
Oh, I believe he's got him this time.
Oh, he turned him.
No.
Oh, he turned him.
Oh, no.
No.
No, no.
Now here comes Clint Bowyer to take the yellow flag.
Oh, no.
And Wild Thing, Kyle Busch, makes contact with Dale Earnhardt Jr., and it looks like the drought will continue.
Boys, I'll just tell you something.
That ain't gonna go over too good right there.
No, it's not.
Racing for the lead, Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. coming down the back stretch to turn three.
I think you're just seeing he just gets in there a little too hard, and of course Junior's not cutting him any slack.
He's keeping him pinned down.
But can't run over the man.
Now here moments ago, there's the 88 behind the 18 this time entering one.
Well, you see Dale Jr.
He, he hit the brakes real hard, locked the left front up.
Look like he tried to stay off of Kyle in that particular instance.
Yeah, and you have the 18 coming down to make his entrance into the corner.
I'm not sure that he really thought Junior was up that far.
I know that looked like a payback, but it looked like just hard racing to me.
There's certainly gonna be different opinions- One inside, one inside.
Stay low.
Keep digging there.
Top is now.
Think you'll see a little contact, and this is what cuts Burton's tire down.
But you gotta, you gotta also see that the, the 33 was underneath of Kyle, so I can't really- In the post-race, along pit road you notice that Jeff is doing the talking and Kyle most of the listening.
He, he didn't mean to do it, okay?
And he was trying to defend himself, and what he was saying wasn't making sense, but that's okay, 'cause he was upset, 'cause I was yelling at him.
But, you know, he, he, he just, he didn't mean to do it.
But, you know, he's, he's real aggressive, and I don't mind that.
But when, like I said, when it affects me, then I got a problem.
He's just got to drive it till it blows up, and that's about it, because he can't pull in now.
Fix an overheat issue.
Oh!
Whoa.
There he goes.
There he comes.
Really let it loose, and holds the lead.
And there, look at Keselowski.
He's got that momentum on the bottom side.
This is the spot he'd be looking for here to be three wide.
Look at Vickers get down.
Now check out Keselowski, guys.
Coming to the high side.
He's gonna have this high side.
Right here.
White flag right here.
And white flag.
88 is off.
10-4.
Keselowski's where he needs to be.
We're three wide into turn one.
Whoa, holy cow.
Vickers can't hold on right there.
Look at 32 come through.
Vickers- I think Keselowski's gonna have the advantage off of turn two.
It's all about momentum, and 32 can't hold on to it right now.
He's just too loose.
Who's Kyle Busch gonna fall in behind here?
Uh-oh.
The 32's gonna be a lot looser without his heat either, huh?
The 18 could go to the high side.
I'm not sure he's got enough of a run.
Look to 32 with the power there.
I cannot believe he can hang on.
I don't think he can hang on.
Oh, he's loose again.
It looks like Keselowski's gonna get the momentum.
All four, guys.
And that's gonna win him the race right there.
It's a drag race down the line.
And Brad Keselowski's gonna win it.
Two tires.
How about that?
How about that move?
Wow.
All right, boys.
Come on.
Let's see if they're gonna fight.
I wanna see this.
Indy's out.
a little discussion.
Kyle and Jeff had a few little words here.
What?
He hung on my right rear quarter panel all the way down the front straightaway and gave the win to the 88 car.
He slowed us down so much.
He had no idea the 88 car was coming, and, the 88 just drove right by both of us on the outside because Brian Vickers was trying to slow both of us down.
Just stupid.
if he would've ran his own line up at the top of the track and I would've ran my own line down at the bottom of the track, it could've been a battle between us two.
But, um-Unfortunately, you race with idiots, and, you know, I guess you'll have that sometimes.
But the Nos Energy Drink Camry was good today, just not good enough.
And yeah, I felt like we had a good handling race car on the long runs, but, unfortunately there we didn't have long runs at the end of the race.
So I'm sure I'm complaining and I- I'm whining and I'm a crybaby, but, it's That's just, that's uncalled for.
I mean, it's just stupid.
I, I would've ran my own line instead of giving it to the third place car in order to battle it out between the, the top two, who deserved the win and deserved to battle the race out at the end.
He didn't deserve to win.
Oh man, I'm I tell you, I am so sorry.
I forgot it was the Kyle Busch show.
I Hell, I thought we were racing for a win.
I, I don't There you see Harvick racing Kyle Busch for position after they've made their stops.
Oh!
Oh, there he turned him.
Oh, man.
Is that a misjudgment or was that a turn on purpose?
Rusty, what do you think?
Well, it looked like Kevin was trying to dart back underneath him.
Man.
He had a big run and just didn't quite clear him.
It looked like a racing accident to me, but boy, it's awful.
They bumped earlier though.
Remember earlier- Yeah they had a They had some, uh- Makes you wonder Three wide on the back road.
Kevin's coming off the top of the racetrack.
He did, he slid right up.
Yeah.
Thought he had him clear.
Kevin gets below him and whoa.
I'd say it was incidental, but, Kyle's probably not gonna feel that way.
Four to go this time.
Four to go and three wide.
Oh, Boyr in the wall hard.
Hard wreck.
He stays out.
More, more.
More wrecks down here turn four.
Big wreck.
Harvick in trouble.
Keep going, keep going, keep going.
Keep going.
We can hit the bumper.
Three of the four Childress cars in trouble in the closing laps.
Try to drive it.
And Harvick and Busch.
He's after him.
Yeah, this, this, this has just started now.
Kyle says, "I'm gonna You gotta..." Nope.
Wheels off again.
Here he comes.
Gone and here he comes.
He says, "Okay.
This is enough.
I'm going back here and we're gonna have a little talk."
And there goes his car.
Dadgum car just took off.
Holy smoly.
Harvick's up on the top a little bit loose and I had a run, and I gave him room and he kinda came off the wall.
That's a bad angle, obviously.
But, you know, and then he lifted early to let me go into turn three.
I thought it was all good, and then he drives into the back of me there.
So, made my car loose all the way through the exit and just made a run for those two guys to get back on my inside and, and then obviously Clint wrecked bouncing off of Harvick, and it was just, just uncalled for, you know.
Just unacceptable racing.
And, you know, it's in the last couple laps, but I gave him room off of two.
I didn't get the room, so, just real unfortunate.
I mean, I hated it.
We, we tore up a few good cars there.
And our Doublemint Camry was so good today that, we should've ran up front, should've finished up front, but we kinda got marred back in traffic there and tried to fight our way back forward.
So, it was a really good clean night.
I probably passed the most cars tonight, but, there was one I couldn't pass.
Kyle, I understand now you're being asked to go to the NASCAR trailer, is that correct?
Yeah, yeah.
No big deal.
That's fine.
Good to hash it out now, might as well.
Okay.
Good luck.
Yeah, thanks.
Still there, still there.
Still there.
All right, three wide, three wide.
Push again.
Still three, pushing you further.
Still there, still there.
Junior did not.
Look at Junior.
Junior.
Trouble!
Oh.
Oh, and that's gonna turn three wide.
Oh, Clint Bowyer, oh.
And Truex is gonna get right into Burton.
Oh.
And we've got more problems.
We got all kinds of people.
Kevin Harvick.
Brian Vickers.
Vickers, Reagan.
David Reagan.
Yeah.
Casey Mears is involved in that.
And, and they take off.
Oh, Martin- And you- not happy with Kyle Busch.
And he's not happy, but I think when he goes and looks at it he'll realize exactly what happened.
Yeah, that was, that was- Got one in the wall up here.
56.
Martin Truex Jr., caution flag is out.
Yellow's out.
Martin Truex Jr. and then Kyle Busch involved in this one, and that's- Happened rather interesting appearing.
Looks like they dumped Martin Truex.
Wonder if they may have had some contact earlier and later.
And as I suspected there might be, there's Martin Truex Jr. around the 18 of Kyle Busch.
Oh, Kyle Busch slides and does the 78.
They both go up into the wall through turn one.
Bumper down.
Caution comes out.
Bumper down.
I mean, you, I guess, coulda continued to play the, the teammate game and, and, tried to settle it on a green flag pit stop, but if he would be that much faster than me and yard me by three seconds in a, in a run with the clean air, then I'd never have an opportunity to be able to pass him back even, even if we had a stellar pit stop.
So, that's the way it goes.
Just chalk it up as another one that, that we figure out how to lose these things by and, it's very, very frustrating and Hamlin is good on the bottom, but that 18 is good on the top and he blocks him.
Oh, he put a block on him.
He put him in the wall.
He put him in the wall.
But he's not gonna quit, but here comes the 48 and the two of Kurt Busch.
Oh, man.
And Logano.
And he thought his brother was rough on him.
And Hamlin almost gets the wall.
Here comes Kurt Busch for the lead.
Seven more, Kurt.
Let's get it, baby.
How about that?
Somebody better keep me away from Denny Hamlin after this race.
I had this race won.
It was won.
I know, bud.
We're saying the same thing, bud.
We're seeing great racing all the way through, but especially for the lead here.
This tire that Goodyear's brought is allowing these guys to race like this.
I think he might get him right here.
He's got it.
Oh!
He does.
He's got it.
Oh, the contact.And he takes the position back.
Uh-oh, Kyle, will he retaliate?
I guarantee you.
Yes, he turns him.
Joey Logano goes past.
He gets through it.
The caution is out.
Brad Keselowski, driver of the Penske Racing Dodge, Kyle Busch is an ass.
One lap to go.
Kyle Busch defensive line into turn one.
There's something wrong with the 18.
Now Ambrose trying to get second from Keselowski while he tries to get the lead from Kyle.
Oh, contact.
Contact in the S's.
Inside.
Gotcha.
So he can, and especially Oh, we got more than that.
Yellow down.
Yellow down.
Think Brad's gonna be happy about that one.
About two walls in the past start finish here.
I think he basically just dumped him.
So that was probably gonna be for the win.
Without that yellow, it's doubtful the 18 would've made out.
I guess maybe it would, but the odds were, were in the favor of whoever's gonna win the battle between me and Kyle.
So I'm sure Kyle knew that and he didn't want me to race him hard, so he just dumped me down the straightaway.
So, you know, I think that's pretty self-explanatory and I'm not gonna stand for it.
So, you know, he's got a lot more to lose than I do.
I guess that's the only good thing about not being in the chase.
We know you two are fighting hard for this owner's championship here.
Do you feel like you've complicated your life at all for the chase for the Sprint Cup?
Well, Brad Keselowski dumped me at Watkins Glen, and, I persevered and let him and Jimmy battle it out.
I had an opportunity to wreck him a few times in the chase, and I was the bigger man.
And, if he wants to take it over to the other side of the garage area, then whatever.
But, you know what?
I've got, I've got more class than that.
Again to the bottom of the racetrack.
Under five laps to go.
Kyle Busch hooks the left side.
Oh.
He takes the lead there into the wall.
Kyle Busch into the wall.
Inside.
All the way up to the wall, and the caution comes out.
He collects the three of Ty Dillon.
Up the track the 18 comes.
22 was there, and into the wall goes the 18 of Kyle Busch.
I don't think Kyle can get to him.
He's not gonna get there.
Alex Bowman coming out of four.
He's gonna win at Martinsville.
Martin Truex Jr. looks like he will finish in a position that will get him into the championship four.
The 18 spins in turn two.
The two that will advance look to be Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr.
This is what happened just after they finished.
When Kyle knew the two was there, he was like, "Here, finish me off."
Like I said, you're looking at the checkered flag at Daytona.
Yeah.
All bets are off.
Yeah.
That's a hard hit by the 18 car.
I can't believe it.
'Cause he hits with the left front and then drives the driver's side into the wall.
Oh, when he gets drilled by Kane right here.
And, you know, we got the safer barrier, but I'm telling you that Hans device, those things are- Oh, look at that car.
Look at that.
Look at that car.
Yeah, that's a shot.
Remember, he'll try to beat you when he gets over here.
You know who that was?
That's Steve Addington.
Who used to be Kyle's crew chief and is now Tony's crew chief.
Yeah, he will try to beat you.
One mile to the finish line of the Budweiser Shootout.
Tony Stewart or Kyle Busch, who's gonna win it?
I don't know if Kyle's got Do you remember what happened the last time these two were coming to a start finish line back in that July race?
Smoke versus Wild Thing.
To the line.
He got him.
Oh.
He got him.
Wild Thing wins.
He got him.
I ain't believing it.
It's a two-guy race right now, and it's gonna be either me or him coming to the start finish line out of turn four, and I've seen the move done before.
It was my turn to do it this time.
Stewart had me the last time here in July a couple years ago, so, glad it was the M&M's car and, putting it here in victory lane.
Oh, we got one in the wall right off the bat.
Kyle Busch.
Oh, for Stenhouse, he's not gonna be happy about that.
Stenhouse going for more.
Yeah, he's been three wide already.
Cowboy up.
It's time to go.
A million bucks on the line.
There's not a lot of time, but Kyle Busch will pay you back, and here it comes.
Oh, boy.
Going sideways.
He's in the wall.
Look at him in the fence.
He's done.
Kapow.
Didn't like that.
Fought back.
Yeah, this, this happened after Ricky was in the middle of the racetrack past Kyle Busch, and Kyle Busch put him in the fence right there.
Yeah, that's retaliation.
This started out as a discussion and then escalated.
For third.
Three wide going in there to turn three.
This is gonna get ugly.
It's gonna get ugly down here, boys.
Oh, contact.
And Busch is around.
Martin Truex is money in Las Vegas.
He wins.
Kyle Busch slides down the pit road, and teammates are side by side at the finish for fourth.
And there's trouble on pit road.
Is that Kyle Busch in the middle there?
Yeah, that's Kyle Busch and Logano.
Little bit of blood on the forehead there, Kyle Busch.
And there's the gap between one and two.
Kyle Busch, and here comes Larson.
Larson to the bottom of the track.
Slide job.
Trying to take the lead away.
Slide job.
Almost.
The momentum.
The 18.
Contact.
They made contact.
The 18 into the wall.
Much higher than second place.
They're side by side again.
Going into three for the lead.
Larson has the advantage.
Here comes the 18.
He puts the bumper to the back of him.
Oh my goodness.
The 18 into the wall.
The 42 sideways.
There's Harvick.
Here comes the 18.
Kyle Busch will win.
Wow.
Oh my goodness.
Kyle Busch, 48 career wins, and what a career it is already.
The 2015 Cup Series champion.
Larson tried to pull a slider, didn't quite complete it.
Slid up into me.
He used me, and then, I kinda used him as a little bit of a break getting into three, and, was able to come back for the victory, you know?
So, great, great thing for this Skittles Camry, all these guys.
I mean, we were horrible today, absolutely horrendous, and, we just never gave up.
We just always kept working on it and kept making the most of it, and got to where we needed it right there in the end, and, was able to lead all those laps.
And if it wasn't for lap traffic, it wouldn't even have been a race, so I don't know what y'all are whining about.
But if you don't like that kind of racing, don't even watch.
