Kurt Busch: Postseason’s Round of 16 ‘a friggin disaster’

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." RELATED: Bowman advances; four ousted | Race results 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. 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).