Buescher got here up quick within the closest end in NASCAR historical past at Kansas, dropping a nail-biter to Kyle Larson however a wild three-wide transfer late in Sunday’s race at Darlington put him in place once more for a win.
Whereas working to hold on to his lead from a fast-approaching Reddick, Buescher brushed the wall in Flip 3 and Tyler Reddick unsuccessfully tried a slide job off Flip 4 for the lead.
As a substitute, the 2 collided and the harm left each drivers with flat tires. Each had been compelled to pit highway and knocked out of competition. So as to add insult to harm, Reddick additionally picked a dedication line violation penalty.
Brad Keselowski, who was working third on the time, inherited the lead and held on for the win over Ty Gibbs.
A visibly pissed off Buescher confronted Reddick at his automotive on pit highway after the race and Reddick instantly apologized profusely.
“I do know! I f***** up! I’m sorry!” Reddick mentioned, nonetheless sporting his helmet.
After Buescher reminded him the 2 had all the time raced clear, Reddick replied, “As quickly as I knew that wasn’t going to work, I attempted to again out and I obtained. … The very last thing I wished to do what wreck your automotive. I can care much less about mine. I’m sorry. I f***** up. I f***** up.”
Buescher wasn’t appeased.
“It doesn’t work for me. We don’t have that (winner’s) sticker on our door proper now. It’s essential be higher,” he mentioned.
Buescher ended up credited with a thirtieth place end and stays with no win this season. He dropped to twelfth in sequence standings.
“We obtained wrecked. That one’s clear as day. Don’t want any cameras to inform us,” Buescher mentioned referring to final week’s picture end. “I don’t know what to say. We’ve raced actually clear by means of the years, tried to be actually respectful about it, and we get used up.
“It (Reddick’s transfer) is simply one thing that is just not going to work. I’m simply actually pissed off about it proper now. We actually had an opportunity to win one other one.”
Reddick picked up a stage win and led probably the most laps in Sunday’s race (174). He greater than seemingly would have accomplished the go and held on for the win if the race remained inexperienced had he been a bit extra affected person.
“I fully perceive the place he’s coming from. He was working the highest, working his personal race, working his personal line to maintain me at bay,” Reddick mentioned of Buescher. “I made a very aggressive transfer and hoped I used to be going to clear him, after I realized, I wasn’t going to, I attempted to examine as much as not slide up into him, however yeah, I want I wouldn’t have completed that.
“I fully perceive why he’s that mad. He did nothing mistaken. Simply attempting to win the race, and to take myself out – that’s one factor – I can stay with that, however simply disillusioned it performed out the best way that it did, and I took him out of the race as nicely.
“That was not the aim there.”
Reddick mentioned the top of the race would have been simpler to simply accept if he had been the one one to undergo penalties for the incident.
“If I hit the wall, pop a tire – I take myself out, I can stay with that – it’s robust to stroll away understanding I used somebody up, and took away their probability of profitable the race, that has raced me actually cleanly since he got here within the Cup Sequence,” he mentioned.
“Simply need to work on that and attempt to make some higher choices going ahead.”
