Despite multiple late-race restarts, KyleBusch could do little to challenge a dominant TylerReddick at COTA :
Kyle Busch never led a lap in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Circuit of the Americas but still found himself with a chance to pull off a stunning victory.With a multitude of wrecks and the race sent into three two-lap overtimes, Busch had crawled his way up to second on the final restart of Sunday’s race and with an opportunity to challenge leader Tyler Reddick for the win.
As the field battled its way up the hill and into Turn 1, Busch made contact with Alex Bowman which sent both briefly off course. That allowed Reddick to clear for the lead and he held on for a 1.4-second win over Busch. “Even if we were on equal tires, when we tested here, they were lights out,” he said. “Had us beat on the frontside of the runs. We needed longer runs. Even today, we didn’t have great long-run speed. We had great middle-run speed.
Busch, in his first season at RCR, said he has been trying to replicate some of the things Reddick did with the No. 8 team last season to elevate their road course program.
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