Kyle Busch takes cheap shot at Stenhouse Jr. during presser

By Dave Kovaleski July 14, 2018 at 10:33am

Who doesn’t love some good old NASCAR drama?

At a press conference Friday afternoon before the Quaker State 400 at the Kentucky Speedway, Kyle Busch took a shot at Ricky Stenhouse Jr. after Stenhouse caused a crash at the Coke Zero 400 last Sunday at Daytona International Speedway.

Stenhouse nosed into car No. 24, William Byron, and it caused a multiple cars to spin out, including Busch’s No. 18 car.

They're wrecking again!@StenhouseJr and @KyleBusch make contact to trigger another crash at Daytona. #CokeZeroSugar400 pic.twitter.com/EbGe36ktA0

— NASCAR (@NASCAR) July 8, 2018

Earlier in the race, Stenhouse was part of another crash that took out several cars, including Kyle’s brother, Kurt Busch.

Thank you to everybody @StewartHaasRcng, car was fast. Sucks we got caught up in the #StenhouseDD (DemolitionDerby) but it’s a product of him being 17th in points and racing “for every point” pic.twitter.com/ai2rej6AhY

— Kurt Busch (@KurtBusch) July 8, 2018

Kyle Busch, who’s won five races this season and stands atop the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup standings, was still upset about it at Friday’s press conference before the Quaker State 400.

https://twitter.com/LifeOfSmickolas/status/1016804938633175040

Busch called out Stenhouse for not apologizing to him and the other racers he knocked out because of his aggressive driving.

Should Stenhouse have apologized to Kyle Busch?

“He did not reach out. I am disappointed that he did not reach out,” Busch said. “If you wipe out half the field, I’m pretty sure it’d be a pretty busy Monday for him, but there wasn’t. So, apparently, he just doesn’t care.”

Busch was then asked if that changes how he races Stenhouse this week.

“I can’t worry about people that far back in the field,” Busch said.

"I can't worry about people that far back in the field." @KyleBusch didn't hold back when asked about his clash with the 17. pic.twitter.com/4LWsMVyMCP

— NASCAR (@NASCAR) July 13, 2018

Stenhouse, who is currently 16th in the NASCAR Cup standings, did approach Busch on Friday, but not to apologize to him.

“I was like, ‘Hey, you’re right, you do run a lot further up front, but pick and choose your battles wisely because you will have to deal with me sometime whether you are lapping me or we get our cars better and we are up there racing with you,'” Stenhouse said, reported ESPN.

“So I told him, if you want to keep running his mouth, he can come over and do it around me, and I’ll stop it for him myself,” added Stenhouse.

It should be an interesting Sunday at the Kentucky Speedway.

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