Kyle Busch is another former Darlington winner capable of pulling off a victory that would propel him into Playoff contention. The driver of the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet has scored top-five finishes in the last two races — including a season-best runner-up showing at Daytona last week — but he still sits in 19th place, 106 points below the current Playoff cut line.
A three-race winner last year with RCR, Busch’s team has struggled in 2024 with only four top-five runs. But Darlington has traditionally been a solid venue for him. He won here in 2008 and has a pair of runner-up finishes (2017 and 2020). He’s scored top-10 finishes in more than half his starts (14 times in 25 races) and had a run of 11 top-10 runs in 14 races between 2010-21.
He will start 17th Sunday.
“This race in the spring we did not run well, but we don’t come in this weekend holding our heads low and thinking that we’re going to not run well again,’’ said Busch, who finished 27th in April. “We put our heads to paper and try to figure out why and said we’re going to go there with the best piece we can and try to kick their butt and get a win.”
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