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Gibbs made so many changes to Busch's crew, he joked he felt like he'd been the one fired and moved to a new ride. 18 Toyota crew was overhauled during the winter. He struggled in the second half of the season, failed to advance to the final four championship round for the first time since 2014 and his No. JGR also won last season's Clash.įor Busch, the win comes after a disappointing one-win season for the 2019 NASCAR champion.
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It was Busch's second win in the exhibition - he also used a last-lap pass to win in 2012 - and the 10th for Gibbs. "I just knew to keep my head down and keep focus ahead and just seeing if I could hit my marks to have a shot like that if something like that were to materialize," Busch said.īusch led only the final 300 or so feet of the race for the victory for Joe Gibbs Racing. It cost Elliott his momentum and Busch sailed by for the surprise victory. He stalked Blaney into the chicane headed into the turn four final push and as Elliott closed in on his bumper, the two made contact and Blaney spun into the wall. Elliott, winner of NASCAR's last four road course races dating to 2019, didn't let Blaney pull away and set himself up for one final chance at the win. Kyle Busch snagged the first win of the new season, streaking past NASCAR champion Chase Elliott after Elliott spun leader Ryan Blaney in the final stretch of the exhibition Busch Clash.īlaney had chased down Elliott on the road course at Daytona International Speedway to take the lead with two laps remaining in Tuesday night's 35-lap Speedweeks opener.