Kyle Busch marched back to the garage area after the All-Star Race, with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. waiting. After a brief exchange of words, Stenhouse Jr. threw a punch at Busch, starting a brawl between Busch and Stenhouse’s crew members. Kyle Busch can be heard after the brawl screaming to Stenhouse Jr., “I don’t give a F**k! I suck just as bad as you!” The full video is below.
It all started on lap 1. Kyle Busch felt he was pushed into the wall by Stenhouse Jr. off of turn 2 on the first lap. Busch elected to show his displeasure by wrecking Stenhouse Jr. in turn 1 on the next lap.
Video later showed that there was no contact between Stenhouse Jr. and Busch.
Stenhouse Jr. was heated and elected to show his displeasure by parking his car in Kyle Busch’s pit stall. Stenhouse Jr. later climbed up the pit stall and shared some not-so-nice words with Kyle Busch’s team.
When talking to the media after the incident, Stenhouse Jr. vowed that he would confront Busch, saying “Watch after the race”. It also helped that, with no underground tunnel, Stenhouse Jr. was stuck in the infield after the wreck.
After the race, Stenhouse Jr. stood outside the No. 8 team’s hauler. As that was happening, Kyle Busch talked to the media before confronting Stenhouse Jr. Busch said he was “Tired of getting run over by everybody, but that’s what everybody does. Everybody runs over everybody to pass everybody.”
When Busch confronted Stenhouse Jr. words were briefly exchanged. Stenhouse Jr. then threw the punch, and the fight was on.
Busch was not interviewed after the fight, but Stenhouse Jr. was. According to Steven Taranto, he said, “I know [Busch]’s frustrated because he doesn’t run nearly as good as he used to.”
Matt Weaver’s video showcases the lead-up to the fight. Busch gets out of the car and walks to the hauler, only to see Stenhouse Jr. waiting.
Bob Pockrass got the start of the fight, but, his phone was knocked away as the fight started. Stenhouse Jr. can be heard repeatedly saying he didn’t hit Busch, which Busch brushed off. Stehouse Jr. said, “Go watch it!” with Busch responding, “Okay,” before the punch.
While Pockrass’ angle didn’t get the entire fight, the image of his face was quickly memed afterward. Kaz Grala was the first one to do so.
Dawson Cram also took advantage of the memeable moment.
NASCAR also uploaded footage of the fight. This one compiled multiple angles, where Busch is seen tackled to the ground by Stenhouse Jr.’s crew members.
The fight happened primarily because Stenhouse Jr. had no way out of the track. This gave Dale Earnhardt jr. an idea.
DannyBTalks was quite entertained by what he saw.
Eric Estapp was happier with this than he was with the race itself it seems.
It seems Brakehard is in a boat similar to Eric.
Nick Lent loved to see Stenhouse Jr. do what he did.
Philly Trap House gave Stenhouse Jr. a new nickname.
NASCARnerd had some thoughts on the pit crew members involved in the fight.
Bradley Thomas believes that drivers should be suspended.
King_Sebastian5 said that this fight was better than the race.
Jack did not like the punch, and he does not like drivers punching other drivers under any circumstances.
Now, we await what NASCAR will do with this.
Big runs, big wrecks, and a battered car in Victory Lane. Atlanta turned into a survival test late, and somehow, Tyler Reddick came out of it with another trophy after taking serious damage in the closing laps. Watch to see what Eric thought and how he graded this race on the Groovy Gauge powered by Lectric eBikes.
EchoPark Speedway, or Atlanta Motor Speedway, is often touted as the most exciting track on the NASCAR circuit. What was first seen as a Frankenstein experiment, Marcus Smith’s idea to turn AMS into a baby Daytona worked out in the end. We’ve gotten great race after great race and tonight was no different as fans saw Tyler Reddick power by Carson Hocevar to go two in a row to start the season.
But not everyone had a season to remember. Many drivers and teams had a season that they’d sooner forget. These are the biggest losers of the 2026 EchoPark Speedway racing weekend.
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race officials rightly got blasted online by fans after they made the extremely questionable decision to put the Truck race on Saturday on the weather clock. That would have been an understandable move if circumstances were different. But they caught flak because 1.) EchoPark Speedway has lights, 2.) the weather had moved out for the weekend, and 3.)…umm…they were only 10 laps shy from the scheduled distance anyway.
Now, we know who the defenders are. The O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Race was slated to follow, but NASCAR has pushed races off in the past. And really, how much time would the CW have lost? Ten minutes? Twenty? If that? That, in my book, makes the NCTS officials some of the biggest losers on the weekend. They owe us fans ten more measly laps for racing!
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Of any driver currently in the Chevy ranks, none has had the support thrown behind them like Corey Day. Day, a protege of proven NASCAR champion Kyle Larson, apparently has turned some heads on the dirt scene. Makes sense, since Larson himself said that he’d rather win the Chili Bowl than the Daytona 500. But unlike other drivers, such as Connor Zilisch, who have excelled in other racing disciplines outside of NASCAR, Day’s career so far has been lukewarm at best. And his race yesterday was the epitome of a rookie race, ladened with senseless mistakes.
The incident that hurt the most was the one where he wrecked his fellow HMS/JRM teammates, Carson Kvapil and Justin Allgaier. He simply just took them out while racing for the race lead. Though he was, somehow, able to rebound to finish the race in the 4th position, yesterday was a sloppy performance that even Corey himself acknowledges that he’d rather put behind him.
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Chastain did it again! And now, the feelings are mixed. Remember when Ross Chastain used to just send drivers willy-nilly, and it really got on fans’ nerves? Well, thankfully, he’s calmed down in recent years and has become a more respectable veteran of the sport. That is not to say that he still doesn’t have his…moments. Saturday night at the O’Reilly Auto Parts race, Ross Chastain, going for the win, entered turn 1 and sent leader Austin Hill.
Hill was the overwhelming favorite to win this race, and fans have grown sick of him. So, really, this was a welcome return to form for Chastain, a version of him that used to be loathed by fans. Thus, while fans might have won out by Chastain doing what he does best and slaying Austin Hill, the RCR team, and really, anyone who has Chastain in their rearview mirror in the closing laps, are the real losers this weekend.
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There were a couple of drivers who ended 2025 on a sour note and were looking to turn things around and start 2026 strong. One of those has to be Josh Berry and his entire Wood Brothers team. After floundering around with Harrison Burton for a few seasons, the No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford got the shot in the arm that they needed with a new crew chief and Josh Berry as their new driver. They led a bunch of laps at Atlanta in 2025, only for a wreck with 10 laps to go to take them out of contention. Not to worry, though: they followed it up with a win at Las Vegas.
But since that win, the team suffered a steep decline heading into the summer months. By the time the postseason rolled around, they had the single worst Playoff performance in history with three straight last-place finishes. Though he had a promising start to the season with a 9th-place run in the Daytona 500, it was the same old same old tonight. Berry showed some speed in the first stage but ultimately crashed after Christopher Bell forced the issue in the beginning of Stage 2. It’s a familiar routine for the Wood Brothers. Yet another last-place finish. That makes them one of the biggest losers of the weekend. If only they could have capitalized.
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This one’s a tired subject, so I won’t dwell on it too long. Kyle Busch’s late career decline at Richard Childress Racing should be studied. Though he showed speed early on, it was yet again a single-car spin that ended his day prematurely. Granted, he didn’t spin completely on his own. He was tagged from behind by Noah Gragson. But, that was after he checked up twice and recklessly pulled up in front of him in a hole that was barely there. Yet another disappointing outing for Rowdy Nation.
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The checkered flag has flown in the second race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Season. And, at the end of the day, it was Tyler Reddick who went back-to-back to win at EchoPark Speedway. Tonight, Reddick became the sixth NASCAR Cup Series driver to win the first two races of the season. He is the first since NASCAR Hall of Famer Matt Kenseth did it to kick off the 2009 season.
But, of course, Reddick wasn’t the only one to have a great start to the season. Several drivers leave Atlanta with a great points day, including Carson Hocevar, Bubba Wallace, William Byron, and Ryan Blaney. Here are the highlights of tonight’s race:
From an awful showing in the 2025 Playoffs to yet another last-place finish, Josh Berry’s 2026 season is off to a rough start. Today, he got together with Ty Gibbs after Gibbs had an awful start to the year last year. The No. 54 was able to turn it around later in the season, though. But, for their 2026 outing, there’s a lot left to be desired. Check it out.
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Kyle Busch’s 2025 season was abysmal. But, after he put his No. 8 RCR Chevy on the pole for the 2026 Daytona 500, things seemed to be looking up. He smartly survived last week by lying back on the last lap and safely navigating through the crash, finishing 15th. And he was a contender early in this race. However, late, Kyle Busch continued his dismal legacy at RCR by spinning after contact with Noah Gragson. His day ended prematurely. Check it out:
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We got our first big crash of the race at Lap 224 when both Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano got loose in front of the field. You can read all about that incident with the link below:
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