LONG POND, Pa. -- Pocono Raceway's Turn 3 "patch," which in a matter of weeks has achieved almost legendary status, claimed its first terminal victim Saturday morning during practice for Sunday's Pocono 500.
Kyle Busch, who's less than halfway through a grueling tripleheader weekend pushing him to race in three states, had to go to a backup No. 18 Toyota when he apparently lost control twice in a half-mile, then hit the inside pit wall with less than three minutes left in Saturday's opening practice.
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It wasn't nothing that has anything to do with his racing in Texas, Pocono and Nashville. I talked to him [Saturday] morning and he was fine. He got plenty of rest [Friday] night." Steve Addington
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STEVE ADDINGTON"It's just part of racing," said Busch's crew chief, Steve Addington, who spoke for his driver, who left the track to head to Nashville Superspeedway. "The car got a little bit loose off [Turn 3] and then he tried to just turn down pit road and spun out and tore the front end up on the car.
"It's no big deal. These guys will dig in and we'll have a good car [Sunday] afternoon for the race."
Added Busch once he arrived at Nashville Superspeedway: "I wrecked. It's as simple as that."
