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Kyle Busch "hates" plate racing: "I'd much rather sit at home"

Good finishes didn’t necessary leave drivers with many good feelings following Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.

Kyle Busch, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, Kurt Busch, Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet

Kyle Busch, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, Kurt Busch, Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet

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Brad Keselowski, Team Penske Ford
Kyle Busch, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota with his birthday cake
Kyle Busch, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, Joey Logano, Team Penske Ford
Casey Mears, Germain Racing Chevrolet crash
Austin Dillon, Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Austin Dillon
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Roush Fenway Racing Ford, Kevin Harvick, Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet crash
Austin Dillon, Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Roush Fenway Racing Ford, Kevin Harvick, Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet crash

Reigning Sprint Cup Series champion Kyle Busch finished second and ended up missing most of the violent multi-car wrecks that marred Sunday’s race, but if you think he felt good about how he got there, think again.

“I hate it,” Busch said when asked if he liked the type of racing at Talladega. “I’d much rather sit at home. I got a win. I don’t need to be here.”

Busch was referring to the fact he already has a win this season and has all-but clinched a spot in the championship Chase.

“It was some moves (I) made that were just lucky and just trying to get through some of the holes that were there and that were forming and guys bumping and banging each other, pushing all around,” Busch said.

“I was just trying to get the most out of what we had with our (car). You know, second’s not bad. I think the quota of three cars on their lids today is a little high, but it’s racing.”

In all, 35 of the 40 cars that started the race were involved in at least one accident – and several were involved in more than one.

Austin Dillon takes wounded No. 3 home in third

Austin Dillon come home with a season’s best third-place finish in a No. 3 Chevrolet that looked more like it had been used as a battering ram on the short tracks than in an aerodynamic-sensitive superspeedway race.

“If you guys can see the car, if you go look at it, you would never expect it to get to third. I actually think with it being so draggy and beat up, (Jamie McMurray) hooked us at the end and he just pushed me all the way through (Turns) 3 and 4, gave me a heck of a run,” Dillon said.

“Once I left that air, there wasn’t much I was going to be able to do once that happened. It was my one shot off of Turn 4, I tried it. It was fun to be up front there at the end.”

Pleased with his finish, Dillon said he still hopes NASCAR will continue to work on ways to help prevent the cars from becoming airborne.

“I went flying last year at Daytona (in July), and that’s not fun. For guys that haven’t done it, it’s just not a fun thing to be a part of,” he said. “I don't know how to fix it personally. I know NASCAR will put their efforts towards fixing it. I know they will.

“They’ve made the car safer. That’s the reason why we’re walking away from these crashes. I think as a group, all of us want it to be where we’re not leaving the ground.”

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