NASCAR: Kyle Busch fined $ 50,000 for reckless driving in Darlington

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch was fined $ 50,000 for breaking the rules at Darlington Raceway on Sunday.

After making contact with Austin Dillon’s car and crashing into the wall on the 125th lap of the Southern 500, Busch pulled his damaged Toyota into the pit lane, then turned left towards the garage at what appeared to be faster than the recommended speed, running over a few cones and causing several members of the track and team to move.

After reviewing the incident, officials determined that Busch violated Sections 12.1.a, 12.5.2.5.a and 12.8 of the regulations, which cover the safety violation, actions detrimental to stock car racing and NASCAR member conduct guidelines, according to Racer. .com.

After Sunday’s incident, Busch expressed his frustrations overnight in a TV interview filled with profanity.

“We’re running like shit and we’ve been destroyed, so that’s what you get when you run like shit,” Busch said.

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Busch did not blame Dillon for the incident and blamed his team’s race preparation in the simulator, which has been heavily relied on this season with the lack of practice and qualifying sessions due to protocols. COVID-19.

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“I don’t know what our problem is, but every time we go to the sim, use the sim and think we have a good sim session, then we go to the race track and we suck, so I’m done with that and we’re going to have to use other tools to figure out how to be good, ”he said.

Busch is currently 14th in the standings heading into the second playoff race at Richmond Raceway, where he will start in 15th place on the grid.