NASCAR Cup Series: Kyle Busch discusses "crying" act after Overton's 400

Kyle Busch put on a fake crying act after winning the NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway this past Sunday. Here is what he had to say about it.

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch has opened up about the fake crying act he put on after the thrilling finish to the NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway this past Sunday that resulted in him winning the race in his #18 Toyota with Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyle Larson finishing in second place in his #42 Chevrolet.

Busch earned the victory, which was his fifth victory of the 2018 Cup Series season, in the Overton’s 400 at the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois by 1.875 seconds over Larson, who has now finished in second place four times so far this season without winning a race.

However, the finish was really much closer and much more exciting to watch than that winning margin would suggest. Larson made a move to the inside of Busch heading into the turn one on the final lap of the 267-lap race, and he made contact with Busch coming off of turn two, which caused Busch’s car to make slight contact with the wall.

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Busch and Larson raced side-by-side down into turn three, when Larson once again made a move to Busch’s inside. Larson cleared him, but Busch had more momentum. Busch used that momentum to run into the back of Larson’s car, which sent Larson’s car spinning. Busch’s car got into the wall, but he was able to hang onto it and win the race while Larson was busy trying to keep his car off the wall, which he was able to do, prior to finishing in second place.

After Busch emerged victorious from his damaged race car, which had a flat right front tire, the boos from the stands rained down on him. Here is what he had to say about the matter after hearing those boos, according to Chicago Tribune.

"“I don’t know what you’re all whining about. If you don’t like that kind of racing, don’t even watch.”"

As a result of hearing these boos, Busch put on a fake crying act in front of the camera, which caused more criticism to be directed at the 2015 Cup Series champion throughout this past week.

Here is a video of this fake crying act that Busch put on following his thrilling victory. (skip to 13:40)

Here is what Busch had to say about that fake crying act, according to NASCAR.

"“Well, when you put on a great show and you have a really fun time being able to race these cars and you do everything as hard as you can to try to win a Cup Series race and for as hard as they are to win, even though we’re talking about winning 48 of them, it would certainly be nice to have some appreciation for putting on a good show for those fans.“And when the boos are raining down on you in that moment, it certainly doesn’t make you feel good about yourself or what’s going on or what you’re doing or what you just did, and so you sometimes aren’t thinking straight or clearly in those moments and you do what you do. You know, I wouldn’t say that that race was fun to win afterwards, but it’s a win that’s now in the history books.”"

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Will the remainder of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season feature any more battles between Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson for race wins? Will Busch emerge victorious from his race car to the sound of thousands of boos once again at some point before the season comes to a close?

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NASCAR Cup Series: Kyle Busch discusses “crying” act after Overton’s 400

By Asher Fair | Jul 7, 2018

Kyle Busch put on a fake crying act after winning the NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway this past Sunday. Here is what he had to say about it.