Kyle Busch is ticked off with NASCAR, new DVP rules after Daytona 500

Kyle Busch was not happy after Sunday’s Daytona 500 and the crash that ended his chances of winning NASCAR’s biggest race for the first time.

In his post-crash interview with FOX, Busch expressed frustration with Joey Logano’s aggressive move that led to the Lap 186 crash, which involved Busch and several others near the front of the field. He then turned his attention to NASCAR officials while speaking with the media.

The two-time Cup Series champion believed his No. 8 Richard Childress Chevrolet could have continued in the race but was unable to due in part to NASCAR’s procedural rulings.

We got beat by NASCAR procedures again,” Busch said to several media members after the race.

Sunday’s race was the first regular-season race under NASCAR’s new relaxed damaged vehicle rules that allow teams to work on damaged cars with no time limit in the garage area, a change from the DVP rules in last several seasons.

“(NASCAR) towed us into a work area where our guys reviewed the car, looked over the car and didn’t see anything massively wrong. All the wheels were pointed in the right direction,” Busch said. “We put four new tires on it to go back out to see what the next process was going to be for us.”

Busch said NASCAR officials told his team that they would need to return to the garage area to further work on the car, except he hadn’t been able to make minimum speed since the race was still under caution. Under the new DVP, teams have to meet minimum speed before returning to the garage area for more repairs or be ruled out of the race.

“So what are we supposed to do to continue to work on it now that we have four new tires on it and all the wheels are pointed in the right direction?” Busch deadpanned.

He was credited with a 34th-place finish in Sunday’s race.

“Parked by NASCAR officials,” Busch tweeted on X on Sunday night. “Rule says you have 3 attempts to make minimum speed. The race never went back green yet. I don’t even think they know their own rules or procedure.”