Kyle Busch is a realist.
After a broken brake rotor sent him into the Turn 1 wall on Lap 19 of Sunday’s race, Busch knows he must win at least one of the next five races to qualify for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Busch had a harrowing experience when he blew out a rear brake rotor heading toward the tightest turn at Pocono.
“Getting down into Turn 1 with a three-wheel brake is about the worst situation you can have as a race car driver,” Busch said. “I kept trying to pump it to keep feeding pressure to the rest of the three wheels to keep it off the fence — but just couldn’t do it.”
Busch finished 33rd and dropped to 15th in the Cup standings and fourth in the race for one of two available wild card berths in the Chase.
“We’re obviously not going to make the top 10 (and a guaranteed Chase spot), so if we get at win — great — we’ll make the Chase,” Busch said. “If not, we’ll probably miss it.”
