Kyle Busch's struggles continue this season, as the driver of the No. 18 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing wrecked out of Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at the Daytona International Speedway Road Course with only five laps left.
Busch's race-ending wreck happened when he spun and hit the outside concrete wall on the backstretch of the oval portion of the Daytona Road Course after a rear tire was cut down. His ultimate 37th-place finish continued Busch's 23-race winless streak.
Busch's exit was only just one in a series of unfortunate events for him at the Go Bowling race, which is usually held at Watkins Glen but was move to the Daytona Beach, Fla. course due to coronavirus complications.
Per NBC Sports:
After starting fourth, Busch had to pit on Lap 4 for a flat spotted tire, a result of trying to outbrake Denny Hamlin into the backstretch chicane while battling for the lead.
Busch was able to make it up to 12th by the end of the stage. Misfortune struck again on Lap 25. While running in seventh, he spun as he approached Turn 6. He fell to 13th but was able to continue.
The next blow to Busch's day occurred with 17 laps to go and Busch running in second to eventual race winner Chase Elliott.
Busch missed the frontstretch chicane and then drove straight to the pits. In his pit box, the No. 18 team diagnosed a brake rotor problem. Busch drove to the garage for repairs. He returned to the track with 11 laps to go.
As you can see from the below social media post, Busch just couldn't catch a break at Daytona.
It?s still 2020.
Another rough weekend for Kyle Busch ends early. Watch the finish on @nbc. pic.twitter.com/eNZF7OFvM7
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) August 16, 2020
While Busch has yet to rack up a Cup race win this season, the veteran NASCAR driver did win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Aside from his lone Xfinity race win, the JGR racer has also won three Truck Series races, winning at Las Vegas, Homestead-Miami, and Texas.
2020 Go Bowling 235 Race Results
1. Chase Elliott — Hendrick Motorsports — No. 9 Chevrolet
2. Denny Hamlin — Joe Gibbs Racing — No. 11 Toyota
3. Martin Truex Jr. — Joe Gibbs Racing — No. 19 Toyota
4. Jimmie Johnson — Hendrick Motorsports — No. 48 Chevrolet
5. Chris Buescher — Roush Fenway Racing — No. 17 Ford
6. Clint Bowyer — Stewart-Haas Racing — No. 14 Ford
7. Kaz Grala — Richard Childress Racing — No. 3 Chevrolet
8. William Byron — Hendrick Motorsports — No. 24 Chevrolet
9. Joey Logano — Team Penske — No. 22 Ford
10. Michael McDowell — Front Row Motorsports — No. 34 Ford
11. Erik Jones — Joe Gibbs Racing — No. 20 Toyota
12. Alex Bowman — Hendrick Motorsports — No. 88 Chevrolet
13. Brad Keselowski — Team Penske — No. 2 Ford
14. Kurt Busch — Chip Ganassi Racing — No. 1 Chevrolet
15. Matt DiBenedetto — Wood Brothers Racing — No. 21 Ford
16. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. — JTG Daugherty Racing — No. 47 Chevrolet
17. Kevin Harvick — Stewart-Haas Racing — No. 4 Ford
18. Tyler Reddick — Richard Childress Racing — No. 8 Chevrolet
19. Ryan Newman — Roush Fenway Racing — No. 6 Ford
20. Ty Dillon — Germain Racing — No. 13 Chevrolet
21. Christopher Bell — Leavine Family Racing — No. 95 Toyota
22. Cole Custer — Stewart-Haas Racing — No. 41 Ford
23. Ryan Preece — JTG Daugherty Racing — No. 37 Chevrolet
24. Aric Almirola — Stewart-Haas Racing — No. 10 Ford
25. Bubba Wallace — Richard Petty Motorsports — No. 43 Chevrolet
26. Matt Kenseth — Chip Ganassi Racing — No. 42 Chevrolet
27. Daniel Suárez — Gaunt Brothers Racing — No. 96 Toyota
28. Brennan Poole — Premium Motorsports — No. 15 Chevrolet
29. Timmy Hill — MBM Motorsports — No. 66 Toyota
30. James Davison — Petty Ware Racing — No. 51 Ford
31. Ryan Blaney — Team Penske — No. 12 Ford
32. Corey LaJoie — Go Fas Racing — No. 32 Ford
33. Quin Houff — StarCom Racing — No. 00 Chevrolet
34. J. J. Yeley — Rick Ware Racing — No. 27 Ford
35. John Hunter Nemechek — Front Row Motorsports — No. 38 Ford
36. Garrett Smithley — Rick Ware Racing — No. 53 Chevrolet
37. Kyle Busch — Joe Gibbs Racing — No. 18 Toyota
38. Stanton Barrett — Spire Motorsports — No. 77 Chevrolet
39. Brendan Gaughan — Beard Motorsports — No. 62 Chevrolet
