Kyle Busch Motorsports sues Rev Racing over NASCAR truck series

Rev Racing’s website states it is the competition arm of NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity Program, which develops drivers and pit crew members from diverse backgrounds.

Kyle Busch said he felt “disgraceful” with all the fuel saving teams did in last weekend’s Daytona 500 and that NASCAR has a “problem” with the racing at superspeedways.

Busch’s opinion was the strongest among Cup drivers Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, but he wasn’t alone in his frustration.

“I believe it’s a problem,” Busch said. “The start of the race last week for the Daytona 500, we’re all sitting around running half-throttle not passing, riding in a line.

felt disgraceful, myself being a racecar driver wanting to go fast and lead laps and win the Daytona 500. That was our strategy that we had to employ at the start of the race because everybody was doing (it).”

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Fuel saving has always been a part of racing, but it was more paramount in the Daytona 500. With passing difficult, teams had drivers save fuel so they didn’t need to make as long of pit stops and could leapfrog competitors on pit road.

Elton Sawyer, NASCAR senior vice president of competition, said this past week on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio that the sanctioning body would take a “much deeper dive” into the fuel saving strategy.

Busch noted that lap times were about 46 seconds in the pack at Daytona when the field was running at full speed but that some lap times were around 50 seconds as the field saved fuel.

“It was pathetic,” Busch said. “I was like, ‘How slow are we going to go?’ I felt bad for the fans. I was like this is not good for them. It’s not what I wanted to be doing.”

Busch’s anguish was because there was “no passing. People want to see passing. The