Denny Hamlin and Tyler Reddick have interesting thoughts on NASCAR’s ruling on Kyle Busch during the Nashville Cup Series race on Sunday. On the Actions Detrimental podcast, Hamlin and Reddick discussed Busch being placed on the top five before a restart despite being involved in a wreck.
“I thought that was extraordinary that they put the eight [Busch] back up as far as he did,” Hamlin said. Because he actually hit the wall while he was just trying to avoid the wreck.”
Reddick admitted he didn’t see what happened to Busch but was not mad at NASCAR’s decision. “I missed that one completely,” he said. “I saw Ross [Chastain] wreck. That was the one where I had to check up quite a bit. So I was fighting my own battle to get back where me my team believed that I was before the caution. And I saw the eight go by, right side’s ripped off of it and they gave him his spot back in the honor of consistency, I guess. I benefitted from it, so I guess I personally can’t really be too upset about it.”
Hamlin replied, “In the moment, I’m upset at the time because we’re taking forever under caution. But like you say, they got some much they’ve got to process when they’re trying to figure out who’s running where, who is involved in the wreck, who was slowing down, who was not. It’s painful.”
Why NASCAR placed Kyle Busch in front of Nashville Cup Series race
Moving Busch up to P4 before a restart was an interesting decision that didn’t sit well with fans and experts. On Tuesday, Brad Moran, NASCAR Cup Series managing director, spoke to SiriusXM NASCAR Radio about why Busch was moved up to the front after being in a wreck.
“His spots weren’t taken away because our rule clearly states that you must maintain a reasonable speed,” Moran said. “And reasonable speed is for what track conditions are at the time. We don’t want to encourage drivers to stay on the gas and just kind of, you know, bang their way through. What (Busch) did was he avoided the incident.
“We deemed him not involved in that incident. He didn’t stop. If he had to stop, he probably would have ended up towards the back of the field, but he was scored in the fourth-place position when that caution come out. He didn’t get into (Ross Chastain) or (Kyle Larson) and made very slight contact with the wall, so we would deem that as not being involved in that incident and that’s why he was able to restart where he was scored.”
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