Kyle Busch “Feels Like a Broken Record” After NASCAR Coke 600 Blow

Kyle Busch claimed he felt “like a broken record” as he reacted to his 15th-place finish in the longest race of the NASCAR season at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The 40-year-old driver lamented countless issues with the No. 8 Chevrolet throughout the weekend of the Coca-Cola 600. He explained, as quoted by NBC Sports:

“I feel like a broken record saying another difficult night for our No. 8 Chevrolet team. The weekend started out with a steering issue. We got the pump changed and were able to make a qualifying lap but had to change the rack and go to the rear for the start of the race on Sunday.

“We were tight in dirty air. Crew chief Randall Burnett made some changes and got it running better when I heard a loud pop. Something broke, and we’re still not sure what it was.

“From that point on, we were just out of it. We tried a strategy call late in the race, but we had an issue on pit road so we weren’t really able to capitalize on that. I want to thank the family of Fireman Jeffrey M Svoboda for allowing us to honor him this weekend.”

This comes after Busch signed a contract extension with Richard Childress Racing, which will see him continue with the team through to the end of 2026. Commenting on the extended deal, Richard Childress explained:

“I love a driver that doesn’t like to lose.We’ve worked hard. We’ve got some exciting things coming up.

“He and I are both alike in one area—we don’t like to lose. We want to win races. I still think Kyle will win him a championship, and we’re going to have it at RCR. That’s our plans.”

2025 Coca-Cola 600: Race results

1. Ross Chastain – Running
2. William Byron – Running
3. Chase Briscoe – Running
4. A.J. Allmendinger – Running
5. Brad Keselowski – Running
6. Chase Elliott – Running
7. Michael McDowell – Running
8. Christopher Bell – Running
9. Ryan Preece – Running
10. Noah Gragson – Running
11. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – Running
12. Josh Berry – Running
13. Erik Jones – Running
14. Shane van Gisbergen – Running
15. Kyle Busch – Running
16. Denny Hamlin – Running
17. Joey Logano – Running
18. Todd Gilliland – Running
19. Ty Dillon – Running
20. Austin Dillon – Running
21. Cole Custer – Running
22. Chris Buescher – Running
23. Connor Zilisch – Running
24. Ty Gibbs – Running
25. Cody Ware – Running
26. Tyler Reddick – Running
27. John H Nemechek – Running
28. Riley Herbst – Running
29. Alex Bowman – Running
30. Justin Haley – Running
31. Austin Cindric – Running
32. Derek Kraus – Running
33. Josh Bilicki – Out
34. Carson Hocevar – Out
35. Bubba Wallace – Out
36. Daniel Suarez – Out
37. Kyle Larson – Out
38. Ryan Blaney – Out
39. Zane Smith – Out
40. Jimmie Johnson – Out