The NASCAR Cup Series second voyage to the St. Louis-area track ended with a victory for RCR driver Kyle Busch.
Denny Hamlin who was wrecked last weekend by Elliott finished second and was followed by Joey Logano, Kyle Larson, and Martin Truex Jr to round off the top five.
A contact between Austin Cindric and Austin Dillon at the entry of turn one spun the Richard Childress Racing driver up toward the outside wall, and into the driver’s side of Stenhouse.
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Richard Childress on the Impact Kyle Busch had on Austin Cindric
He’s helped Austin a whole lot. Austin has had some really good runs.
Team Owner Childress declares Austin Cindric wrecked Austin Dillon on purpose as payback at Gateway.
He had drove up to about 10th until the 2 car wrecked him in there on purpose, sort of a payback. – Richard Childress on Austin Cindric intentionally wreck.
Cindric, who was looking to bounce back after losing track position early in the race.
He looked to have miscalculated the space behind the No. 3 Chevy Camaro, clipping the right rear of the RCR car.
Richard Childress believes that Austin Cindric intentionally wrecked Austin Dillon. If that is the case, he will be suspended. pic.twitter.com/GnnxG4kdpx
— Mr Matthew CFB (@MrMatthewCFB) June 5, 2023
Childress was asked what has Kyle Busch meant to the organization?
“Everybody says, man, how y’all going to get along. Same question they asked me about you and Dale won’t last six months. We lasted 20 years. “
“I want to keep Kyle there, and hopefully we can end his career when he gets ready to.” – RCR team owner.