NASCAR: Kyle Busch complains about penalty, Adam Stevens shuts him up

Kyle Busch was not happy about the penalty he was issued in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway, but crew chief Adam Stevens shut him up.

Running in second place behind Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman late in stage three of Saturday night’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway, the Digital Ally 400, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch shot to the lead after a fast pit stop that he made under caution, as he beat the driver of the #88 Chevrolet off pit road.

But the driver of the #18 Toyota was issued a penalty for driving through too many pit boxes upon entering his own pit box. Drivers are allowed to clip three boxes, including their own, and Busch clipped each pit box from #25 through #21, his own being #21.

Busch ended up having to restart the race at the tail end of the pack with several cars that were not on the lead lap between him and the leaders, although he was officially scored in 13th place, and he was not happy with this penalty at all.

Here is how Busch responded after he was informed by his crew that he had been penalized, according to Racing News.

"“I swear, anytime you say anything you get shit handed to you. But yet, others do it and it ain’t for them.”"

Here is what his crew chief, Adam Stevens, had to say about that, according to Racing News.

"“I counted the boxes bud. We damn sure drove through four boxes coming in.”"

By making these remarks, Busch insinuated that NASCAR was essentially picking on him for the comments he made following last Monday’s race at Dover International Speedway that the package “sucked” because of how hard it was to pass around the four-turn, 1.0-mile (1.609-kilometer) high-banked oval in Dover, Delaware.

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Stevens, however, even being generous to Busch on his pit box count, was not up for such self-victimization from the 34-year-old Las Vegas, Nevada native.

Busch ended up making contact with teammate Erik Jones and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Clint Bowyer a few laps later, resulting in a tire rub that forced him to make an unscheduled pit stop.

Busch, who entered this 271-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Kansas Speedway oval in Kansas City, Kansas having finished each of the season’s first 11 races in the top 10 and had a chance to break Morgan Shepherd’s all-time record for most consecutive top 10 finishes to start a season as a result of it, ended up finishing the race in 30th place, three laps off the lead lap, and thus failed to break this record. This finish was his worst finish in the last 19 races going back to the round of 16 playoff race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway roval last season. He finished this race in 32nd.

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Kyle Busch is set to attempt to get back on the right track following this disappointment at Kansas Speedway in under two weeks with the next race on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule, the Coca-Cola 600, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. This race is set to be broadcast live on Fox beginning at 6:00 p.m. ET on Memorial Day Sunday, May 26.

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