NASCAR official clarifies confusing call involving Kyle Busch at Nashville Cup race

The official from NASCAR recently opened up on the controversial Kyle Busch call from Nashville. Confusion arose after NASCAR allowed Busch to start from fourth place, despite the #8 driver falling down the grid. Now, Brad Moran has come up with the explanation.

With two laps to go at the Ally 400 at Nashville Speedway, Ross Chastain running at second, lost control of his Chevrolet and slammed into the wall. In doing so, he caught Kyle Busch, who was immediately behind him.

Busch slowed down to avoid direct contact and saw the whole field overtake him. He joined the race at the back of the grid. However, NASCAR reinstated him back to fourth, creating confusion among fans and experts as they called on the authorities, asking for an explanation.

"Our rule clearly states that you must maintain a reasonable speed and reasonable speed is what track condition is at the time, and you know we don't want to encourage drivers to stay on the gas and bang their way through," Moran, Cup Series managing director, said on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

"What he did was he avoided the incident. We deemed him not involved in that incident. He was courted back to the fourth position when the caution come out and he didn't get into the #1 (Ross Chastain) and the #5 (Kyle Larson) and made very slight contact with the wall. So we deemed that as not being involved in the incident and that's why he was able to restart where he was scored," he added.

However, the fourth-place reinstatement did not favor the Richard Childress Racing driver as he finished the race in 27th place. Busch hit the back of Larson's #5 Chevrolet as the latter ran out of fuel in the penultimate lap.

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Kyle Busch expressed his feelings post Nashville disappointment

Kyle Busch, driver of the #8 zone/Thorntons Chevrolet, exits his car and reacts after an on-track incident during the NASCAR Cup Series Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway on June 30, 2024, in Lebanon, Tennessee. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

Kyle Busch has been on the wrong side of luck in the last few races, and Nashville was no different. The RCR driver faced DNFs in four of his last five races and now, stands distraught.

After the crash and mechanical failure at Gateway and Iowa, Busch was subjected to weather troubles in New Hampshire and the incident with Larson added salt to the wound.

"We were running better than we probably should have been at Gateway; we got crashed. We were running better than we should have been at Iowa and we had a part failure," Busch said. In the end, the Nashville Speedway crash tested his patience. He said on the radio after the incident, "This is complete garbage," (via newsweek.com).

Kyle Busch is 17th in the Drivers' Standings with 395 points after 19 races. He has five top-5s, two top-10s, one pole position, and unfortunately, no wins this season.