One For the Books: Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson Battle in Chicago

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They’ll be talking about this NASCAR finish for years to come, as Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch traded blows in this weekend’s Monster Cup race at Chicagoland. Watch this. 

 

 

Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch are two very different drivers in both style and temperament, but they have one thing in common. The NASCAR Monster Cup stars have no problem beating, banging, and trading sheet metal when the time comes—in fact, the two of them are known to enjoy it.

As the final laps wound down at this weekend’s Overton’s 400 at Chicagoland, Kyle Busch and his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota seemed to have the checkered flag almost in sight, while Ganassi Chevy driver Kyle Larson was closing fast but running out of time. But with only two laps left, Busch found himself bottled up in traffic and Larson, running a high line inches from the wall on the 1.5-mile oval, was suddenly right on top of him. Larson dove low on the track and under Busch to attempt the classic slide job, and . . . We’ll let the video and the NBC Sports  announcing team pick up the action from there. Video below.

 

5 thoughts on “One For the Books: Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson Battle in Chicago”

  1. You tap me and I’ll tap you. What is this Larson guy doing with Lee Petty’s number anyway???

  2. I like Kyle Busch; thinks he’s the most talented driver in NASCAR today. But I can’t stomach that move he put on Larson. That was an Earnhardt cheap shot. That’s what ruined NASCAR. David Pearson would not have done that. The problem with safer race cars is that it’s turned drivers into hacks. NASCAR can’t even run a green/white/checker without two caution flags.

    • Ever watch a NASCAR race in the early 50’s? How about the story of Lee Petty offsetting his front bumper so he could get the edge of the bumper into a opponents wheel to rip out the valve stem.

  3. So they run into each other at 160mph. Sat night dirt oval tactics. Not racing just demo derby!

  4. There are many times when Kyle Busch’s personality can rub me the wrong way. He can come off as prickly, snotty, and babyish. But, I will give him credit for being willing to do what it takes to win a race. I personally had no issue with the beating and banging between Busch and Larson at Chicago. I was pulling for Larson, but I did not feel that he was cheated out of the win, seeing as how his putting Busch into the wall would, in effect, been sort of like cheating Busch out of the win. Larson, himself, seemed to have no problem with it. It was one of the few moments providing real drama in an otherwise, fairly boring event where one driver stretches out to a lead of a couple of seconds.

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