Busch, driver of the No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, won Sunday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 for his 14th national series victory -- and 14th cowboy hat -- at Texas Motor Speedway.
Most drivers who have an "elevator ride" day up and down the running order and still finish runner-up would leave it at that. When Kevin Harvick spoke in the deadline room at Texas Motor Speedway after the O'Reilly Auto Parts 500, however, he was anything but content. The source of his frustration was the continuously malfunctioning, NASCAR-issued air guns.
It’s inevitable that your car is going to need to be serviced once in a while and you’ll want a talented mechanic to take care of the work for you. It’s not a good idea to panic in this situation and bring your car to a random shop in the neighborhood.
Long Day for Austin Dillon and the No. 3 SYMBICORT® (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate) Chevrolet Team ends in 27th-Place Finish at Texas Motor Speedway "What a day! We ended up with damage after we were involved in a wreck at the very beginning of the race, but that didn't slow down the No. 3 team. We worked hard to stay competitive, and I really thought we would end up okay."
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Finishing Position: 1st - What was going through your mind when you were holding off Kevin Harvick there at the end? “They were probably just a tick faster overall, but I just had to make sure to do everything I could to hit all my marks and everything to focus on making sure that I did the right things to block his air a little bit. This Interstate Batteries Camry was really awesome today. "
While running in second place with five laps remaining in Stage 1, Martin Truex Jr. saw his day cut short when his car exited Turn 4 and went directly into the wall due to a flat tire.
JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 CESSNA CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 3rd - ON HIS RUN: “Yeah, it was basically just a really good day for us from the start of the race. The car was pretty good, especially on the long runs. And then fortunate to miss a lot of the wrecks that happened and survived and then had good pit stops. So, all around just a pretty solid day for our team.”
Out of his car and flag in hand, Kyle Busch performed his trademark bow to a mixed reaction of cheers and jeers from the fans in attendance at Texas Motor Speedway. After weeks of coming up short, despite dominant performance after dominant performance and weeks of frustration mounting, he was back in victory lane. “We […]
JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 CESSNA CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 3rd - ON HIS DAY: “We just had a really good car and were able to miss some of those accidents. The off-weekend couldn’t have come at a better time for us. We had such a horrible season going and it’s awesome to run as good as we did today at a 1.5-mile. We have so many of these and I feel like we have been a little bit behind on the 1.5-miles but had a really good run today.”
KEVIN HARVICK, No. 4 Busch Light Ford Fusion - Finished: 2nd - YOU OVERCAME AN AWFUL LOT THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY TODAY: “We did overcome a lot. That was unfortunate. We had a pathetic day on pit road, two days on pit road because of pit guns. When you have a pit gun problem like we have multiple times and been able to overcome it and then today we couldn’t overcome it. Time after time you can’t get the lug nuts tight because the pit guns don’t work.”