A week later, Busch still upset about Daytona crash (cont'd)

"NASCAR can take a step in looking at it and if the second place driver dumps -- quote unquote -- the leader, then black flag his ass," he said. "He doesn't get the win, you know. If he's on him from behind and moves him out of the way and there's no wreck then fine he can win the race but if you're up along side the guy and you dump him then I say black flag him and give the win the third-place driver."

If he could have the last lap to do over, Busch said he wouldn't change anything he did.

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If I'm ever second I normally finish second. If I'm leading I guess I'm getting wrecked. It seems to me like I don't know how to win restrictor plate races.

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-- KYLE BUSCH

"I don't have it back, so it doesn't matter, it's over with, it's done," Busch said. "I did everything I could do to try to win the race and I didn't."

As for Stewart, he was made aware of Busch's comments Friday but contends he is sticking to the exchange the drivers shared Tuesday.

Meanwhile, several other Cup drivers were asked to address the last-lap incident in Daytona and whether or not they felt it should be a shared concern between NASCAR and the Cup teams.

Greg Biffle said restrictor plate racing is its own animal and that sometimes, NASCAR drivers need to be protected from themselves. Still, Biffle had no tangible solution.

"The thing is we're crashing on the straightaway and the crashes are two cars. It's not multiple cars. It's not one guy cutting one guy off. It's two cars involved in these wrecks at the end of these races and it's the first- and second-place guy trying to get the trophy," he said. "There's no way to fix that, for sure."

Bottom line, the safety of the drivers needs to be paramount, Biffle added. The fact that Busch was hit by more than one car crossing the finish line at the end of Saturday night's race is a major concern and maybe cars aren't getting slowed down quick enough or maybe they are still racing hard to the finish line.

"When you can see the checkered flag from here to there, it's tough to just roll over and play dead, but at the same time, you don't want to get turned around on the frontstretch in front of the whole field," Biffle said.

Juan Montoya simplified matters and said drivers just need to be aware because restrictor plate racing is what it is.

"I've been to Daytona now six times and I think all of them have been like that, so I don't know why all of a sudden it's an issue," Montoya said. "At Talladega there are always wrecks. At Daytona there are always wrecks. People pay to go and see that, I guess. And it's fun; I don't mind. It sucks when you're in the middle of it but it is what it is, you know? It is restrictor plate at its best.

"There is always somebody going to walk out of there mad and ticked off that they should have or could have and when the caution came out why some people raced to the flag and some people didn't. It is what it is. You've got to be aware. You've got to learn to ride a little and be lucky."