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Watch: Kyle Busch loses wheel on restart in Pennzoil 400
NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Busch (8) during the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images

Watch: Kyle Busch crashes, loses wheel on restart in Pennzoil 400

By Samuel Stubbs  |  Last updated Mar 16, 2025 5:20 PM ET

Kyle Busch's home track of Las Vegas Motor Speedway hasn't been very kind to him so far. 

As the field took the green flag for the Lap 113 restart, Busch — who restarted 12th — found himself in a world of trouble on the exit of Turn 2. 

Busch got loose on corner exit, hitting the outside wall. A few seconds later, the cause of the crash was rolling down the backstretch. 

Busch suffered a loose wheel on the restart, and he's far from the only one to be bit by tire issues early in the Pennzoil 400. Chase Briscoe lost a wheel during green flag pit stops on Lap 34, while Christopher Bell had a loose wheel during yellow flag pit stops in Stage 2. 

Loose wheels have been a talking point with NASCAR's Next-Gen car — which uses a single lug nut rather than the traditional five — since the car was introduced in 2022. 

Busch's race was affected by one, and two of his crew members will be taking an unscheduled vacation over the next two weeks due to the wheel coming off during green flag racing. 

Samuel Stubbs
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Hailing from the same neck of the woods as NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin, Samuel has been covering NASCAR for Yardbarker since February 2024. He has been a member of the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) since October of 2024. When he’s not writing about racing, Samuel covers Arkansas Razorback basketball for Yardbarker

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