A sweep of the weekend was within reach, but then …

The opportunity for Kyle Busch to do a weekend sweep was within reach late Sunday afternoon at Texas Motor Speedway.

Then the car broke under him with 59 laps to go. On the second corner, Busch opened the door for Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Erik Jones and Denny Hamlin and Eric Almirola for Stewart-Haas Racing.

Busch fell to fourth place and, just as he was starting to regroup, hit the wall, forcing him to enter the pit lane in green flag conditions.

"I could feel that the game was getting a bit freer as we went there, and you're still trying to rush as hard as you can and do all you can in the bends to keep your time, loose on me, "said Busch. "I had to catch it and make sure we did not crash.

"We did that, then I got into the line, I started to roll and I started to win on the guys in front of us, but the lack was still there and I had to really chase him out of [Turn] 2 once behind the 10 [Almirola]and just knocked over the fence. "

A pristine Toyota at first. In the end, he had scars. Picture of Jarrett / LAT

Busch said his team # 18 of Interstate Batteries had already adjusted the car in the hope of tightening it, but instead, she was released. Without the help of a warning to help him recover the lost ground, Busch finished 10th after leading 66 laps, a top in the race.

On Sunday afternoon's NASCAR Monster Energy race, Busch won the Gander Outdoors Truck (Friday) and Xfinity Series (Saturday) races. A Sunday victory would have completed the weekend's sweep for the third time in his career and for the first time on a track other than Bristol.

"I hate it for all my guys and all those who work so hard," Busch said. "They deserve to win, they should have won and thrown it away."