Kyle Busch could finally breathe after a much-needed P8 finish at Watkins Glen on Sunday. But that hard-earned win came with a medical scare that Busch gave right after the race. But neither this nor the Texas penalty controversy, Busch is putting all his attention to the million bucks waiting for him on Sunday.

“3 straight with T10 speed. Million bucks on the line this weekend. Let’s get keep it rollin.🤑,” Busch posted on his Instagram on Wednesday.

Busch started 21^st on Sunday but had a good race overall. He finished 24^th in Stage 1, reached his best at 5^th at Stage 2 and ultimately finished P8. His past three races have indeed been good as he says.

He did race with top-10 speed at Talladega (10^th) and Watkins Glen (8^th). It would’ve been the same at Texas too; however, the last lap incident with John Hunter Nemechek cost him positions.

At The Glen, Busch asked for medical attention mid-race on the radio while running at the front. He told his crew he needed “a shot” and asked for a doctor (Bill Heisel) to be available at the bus after the race. Thankfully, the health scare didn’t affect his performance at the track.

And in Texas, Busch first made a sudden turn in front of Nemechek’s car, who was running by the wall. Nemechek, naturally upset by it, went behind the No. 8 only to see himself spin after the clash.

In his defense, Busch had said, “The 42 apparently doesn’t know where the RS of his car is and where he is in relation to the outside wall. There was 2 ft outside him and I was judging my left side tires to the hash marks. Always know who your racing beside.”

But Busch is unaffected by all of it now, as his focus is set on the prize. The last and only All-Star race he won was in 2017 at Charlotte with Joe Gibbs Racing.

But while Busch is focused on the Dover event, the chatter is still around the Texas issue, where many fans and drivers felt Busch intentionally wrecked Nemechek and expected NASCAR to issue a penalty. But NASCAR didn’t.

Instead, they charged RFK driver Ryan Preece for wrecking Ty Gibbs, creating more controversy about the similarity of those two incidents. And Busch’s own brother feels that.

Kurt Busch feels Kyle did the same as Preece

On the latest episode of Door Bumper Clear, Kurt Busch felt that NASCAR shouldn’t judge based on ‘intent’ and rather trust the visual more.

“NASCAR shouldn’t go off of what someone says on the radio,” Kurt Busch said. “They should be able to still look at the eyeball test. What my brother did to John Hunter was exactly the same.

“Now you’re in a courtroom. You may have or you could have… you change one little word in a sentence. But to have Preece penalized and not my brother, I mean I have no problem saying it. They both should have been in the same doghouse, personally.”

NASCAR officials charged Preece as the latter had shown intent when he said he was “done” with him (Gibbs). And luckily, Busch didn’t have a similar conversation like that on his radio.

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Suyashdeep Sason

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