Overview
- Kyle Busch and John Hunter Nemechek tangled late Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway, wrecking both cars and dropping them to 20th and 21st.
- Busch defended himself after the race by posting steering and position data with in‑car video and writing, “I did not start this.”
- Nemechek rejected that account on social media, saying he was not clear and that he “just got wrecked.”
- Veteran voices such as Steve Letarte and Kevin Harvick criticized Busch’s move as excessive and said the No. 42 did not deserve that outcome.
- Commentary has raised the prospect that NASCAR will review the contact before Saturday’s Watkins Glen race, citing past penalties for intentional hits on speedways.