No. 8 NASCAR Chevy Finishes Dead Last At Loudon 2023: Video

The No. 8 NASCAR Chevy Camaro ZL1 of Kyle Busch had a rough go at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon on Monday, July 17^th, 2023, and was not only forced to retire early, but was credited with a last-place finish in the Cup Series race.

Busch entered the weekend sitting in second place in overall points in the No. 8 NASCAR Chevy, but did not have the day he was hoping for. He spun out in qualifying and was forced to start at the rear of the field due to the ensuing repairs. Then, Busch lost control of the No. 8 Camaro in Stage 1 of the Cup Series race and slammed into the wall. He brought it to the attention of his crew, but they decided that its damage was too great to attempt repairs, and he retired on Lap 43.

“I’ve been lacking right-rear grip the whole time we’ve been here,” said Busch. “Just couldn’t get the right-rear feel in the race track. You’re just going along trying to keep it under you as much as you can.”

He added, “Hate it for our No. 8 team. Our Chevy stuff was a little off this week, at least for us anyway. We’ll get back to it at Pocono.”

Busch is now scored fifth in overall points.

Meanwhile, Kyle Larson’s No. 5 NASCAR Chevy attempted to track down the leaders at the end of the race, but even after a series of late-race cautions, he couldn’t reel in the race-winning No. 19 Toyota TRD Camry of Martin Truex Jr. or the No. 22 Ford Mustang of Joey Logano. He finished third, the best of all The Bow Tie’s teams. Austin Dillon’s No. 3 Camaro was the only other Chevy to finish within the top 10, finishing ninth.

# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver

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