Kurt Busch gave a next-day assessment of his three playoff races to date and the seven races that remain Monday, calling his team’s opening-round performance “a friggin disaster.”
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Busch was bounced from the Monster Energy Series playoffs Sunday after a 20th-place finish in the Bank of America Roval 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. That result capped off a rough three-race stretch in the Round of 16, which included a last-place run after a crash in the Las Vegas Motor Speedway opener and an 18th place in the middle race at Richmond Raceway.
It’s been a good racing season, but… these last three races were a friggin disaster. We still have seven races left to shore things up and prove we’re so much better than this recent stretch.
– Kurt Busch (@KurtBusch) September 30, 2019
Busch ranked 15th out of 16 drivers after the Charlotte Roval, leading to his ouster from the postseason field. Busch’s post-elimination quest for a turnaround begins this weekend at Dover International Speedway, the first race in the NASCAR Playoffs’ Round of 12 (2:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN/NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).