William Byron was not happy with two of his fellow Chevy drivers during Sunday’s Straight Talk Wireless 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fl.
Byron was pushing for the lead late in stage 2 of Sunday’s race, but felt that two Chevrolets were impeding his progress. Kyle Busch and Shane van Gisbergen had both been lapped, but were still racing side-by-side.
Byron felt that they were hurting his chances of catching leader Ryan Blaney, and could not contain his frustration.
“They’re racing for f—ing last,” Byron said as he passed Busch. “Two Chevrolets.”
William Byron frustrated with the lapped cars of Shane van Gisbergen and Kyle Busch. They were side-by-side for 32nd holding up Byron's pursuit of race leader Ryan Blaney.
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"They're racing for fucking last."
"Two Chevrolets!!" pic.twitter.com/V8SJy1b9fg
Clearly, Byron felt that Busch and van Gisbergen should have left a bit more space, since he was on the lead lap and they were not. Byron was just over three seconds off Blaney’s pace at this point. Busch and van Gisbergen, on the other hand, would probably wonder what they are supposed to do in that situation.
Busch is certainly no stranger to controversy. In this instance, however, he was more or less minding his own business and fell victim to some general frustration on Byron’s part.
Byron wound up finishing fourth in the stage and 12th overall Sunday. Kyle Larson wound up winning the overall race for his first victory of the season.
