Kyle Busch Continues to Struggle as New Issue Surfaces at the NASCAR All Star Race

There’s a reason why NASCAR’s top level is so demanding. While the sport has three tiers in its national series, each of them can almost be described as a unique motorsports discipline in itself. Driving the Truck, Xfinity, and Cup Series vehicles brings about their fair share of challenges, and not every racer is as versatile as Kyle Larson to win multiple races on a track during the same weekend. Despite all his experience, Kyle Busch was forced to learn that lesson the hard way.

Rowdy’ made his second Truck Series appearance of the season at North Wilkesboro Speedway, and the veteran ended up ninth at the 2025 Window World 250. However, Busch couldn’t use that experience during the All-Star Race’s heats and qualifying at ‘The Moonshiner’ as he looks to break his 69-race winless streak.

Kyle Busch makes a unique find at North Wilkesboro

Expectations were high for Kyle Busch. Why would they not be? The veteran racer had already finished ninth at the 2025 Window World 250 at North Wilkesboro Speedway during the weekend. He ended up in sixth place during Heat 2 qualifying and climbed up to fourth during the 75-lap prelim. The result meant that the Richard Childress Racing driver will start the exhibition race in eighth place, next to Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney, who also finished fourth in Heat 1.

However, the qualifying result was far from satisfactory. Revealing the underlying reasons behind his struggles, Kyle Busch said, “It’s funny because the Truck line that I was running was super high, right up on the wall. Get into the wall in the middle of the corner. The Cup car was a lane lower. Just a difference between the two vehicles. What I learned in the Truck race didn’t do a lot. Good overall effort. Certainly want more, felt like we fell off a little too much at the end. It was just too tight.”