Even though his brother Kyle was the race leader for the final restart with 11 laps to go, Kurt Busch made his move, taking the front row three-wide to the outside after Kyle took the green.
Kurt said he was glad his brother eventually won the race, but he didn’t regret taking his own shot at victory.
“In the end, I could have followed Kyle and just wanted to apologize to him for putting it three- and four-wide on the restart, because I’m hungry and going for the win, and it’s not normally a move you would make if you are pushing a brother,” Kurt said.
“I could have pushed him out to the lead earlier and maybe he could have held off the 22 (Joey Logano) and the 11 (Denny Hamlin), but I messed him up on the restart and I told him, I’m going for the win, and I am not going for anything less.”
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