NASCAR Bristol 2014: Crew chief to Kyle Busch: ‘Take your whiny little ass to the bus’

Kyle Busch entered Bristol Motor Speedway as a strong contender to win Saturday. His night, however, ended not in Victory Lane celebrating, but with a crash and then a sharp back-and-forth with crew chief Dave Rogers.

Roughly 50 laps from the finish, and following an earlier accident that left him with a battered car, Busch radioed that his Toyota was undrivable and needed to head to the garage for repairs.

“I need a whole new right-front suspension, a whole new right-front suspension,” Busch said to his No. 18 team. “I will be behind the wall in about two (expletive) laps.”

Said Rogers: “Park it behind the truck and take your whiny little ass to the bus.”

Team owner Joe Gibbs said Busch and Rogers talked and cleared the air immediately after the race, according to Motor Racing Network.

“I think it was typical thing that happens in sports,” Gibbs told MRN. “Guys get heated. They had a frustrating night and had a real good car and thought they had a chance to win it. So, it all adds up. Then you have a situation like that. I’m kind of used to it. It does happen. They just talked it over.”

Busch had a fast car early Saturday, leading eight laps. But, Busch was penalized for speeding on pit road during the Lap 60 competition caution and forced to restart at the rear of the field. From there his night unraveled.

As Busch was trying to race his way back to the front, Aric Almirola spun on Lap 126 and triggered a multi-car incident which included Busch. He was sent spinning into the inside wall by Clint Bowyer. Busch received substantive damage that knocked him out of contention.

Bristol continues a string of disappointing races for Busch, who finished 36th.

Since a runner-up in the Brickyard 400, Busch has placed 36th, 39th, 40th and 42nd in subsequent weeks. Although Busch is locked into the Chase for the Sprint Cup thanks to a March victory at Auto Club Speedway, he has fallen from sixth in points to 17th.