Kyle Busch interrupted during postrace interview at Dover by Martin Truex Jr. crew

Former JGR driver getting into a small incident with his former organization? Or just a harmless accident? I think it was probably the latter, but maybe there is a little more between the 19 and 8 teams because of today’s race?

I think the big story here is the fact that Busch had a top-5 performance. He has struggled this year. His team has struggled. Seeing his pit crew have a good day overall is a bigger surprise than seeing Busch run well.

Denny Hamlin was the winner at Dover. He bested Kyle Larson in a tight race at the end of 400 miles.

Kyle Busch has best performance since Atlanta

A pole award and a top-5 finish are great for this 8 team. They have not had a top-5 since coming up short in that three-wide finish at Atlanta. Since then he has had four finishes of P20 or worse and only two top-10s. That was, until today.

I think there is another point to make here. It isn’t all good news, necessarily. While Busch had a quick car, he did not have a winning car. That sounds a lot like Kevin Harvick’s situation from last year. Fast cars, but not winning cars.

At least Rowdy and his team can look at this performance as a stepping stone to a win. I’m not ready to give this crew too much credit, but they have time to get things corrected and get back in Victory Lane.

A little drama after the race? Perhaps. A solid finish and something that Kyle Busch can build off of? Definitely. A step in the right direction, let’s hope they don’t take two steps back.