Kyle Busch and Joey Logano react to controversial NASCAR All-Star rule
Kyle Busch and Joey Logano have given their opinion on NASCAR's track owner All-Star caution rule ahead of Sunday's race at Wilkesboro.
Kyle Busch and Joey Logano are enthused and intrigued by this weekend's controversial rule for the annual NASCAR All-Star race at Wilkesboro.
Track owner Marcus Smith's ability to throw a caution anytime between Lap 100 and Lap 220 of the 250-lap exhibition race creates a different dynamic for NASCAR's teams to navigate and strategize around, regardless of whether an incident occurs on-track and forces a restart.
"It's an interesting way to do it," defending Cup Series champ Logano said to FOX Sports. "I guess the All-Star race presents an opportunity to do things outside of the box. I'm not really sure how I feel about that part of it, but at least we know [a caution] is coming, and we can plan around it."
Meanwhile, two-time champion Busch joked that Smith should throw a caution if Cup Series leader Kyle Larson gets too far ahead. Larson, who will run a second attempt at the Indy 500-NASCAR double despite crashing twice, has won the All-Star race thrice thus far and has found his form at the right time in the 2025 Cup Series season.
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He's one shy of the record held by Jimmie Johnson. "Do we want to put money on if I create a natural caution or I let Marcus throw a caution? It depends on how far Kyle Larson's out leading the race," Busch quipped to FOX Sports.
Another fellow former champ, Brad Keselowski, will start Sunday's race from pole, which will provide a much-needed morale boost for the RFK Racing star and team owner. "I'm not going to say it's been easy for me to weather the storm the last few months, but part of the juice is going through the struggles because it makes you appreciate the good times," Keselowski said.
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"Yeah, we've had some struggles, but there's a lot to be optimistic about. I knew it wasn't going to be a walk in the park when we started this year with all the changes that we had.
"I didn't expect it to be as big of a struggle as it has been, but that said, I see a lot of pieces that are coming together and this obviously demonstrates that. But even beyond today I feel a lot of pieces that are coming together and bode well for us in being able to make a really strong run here from here on out for the 2025 season.
"I'm not losing my cool. I'm putting ourselves in position and our team is putting ourselves in position to grow and hopefully go out and win races. We're going to have a shot to win this race come Sunday."
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A win would be huge for Keselowski, and if last year's finish is anything to go by, he has a real shot at winning from the front. Logano led all but one lap from the pole before going on to win.
"This race really lends itself to track position for a number of reasons," Keselowski said. "Particularly because the field size is so small and the way the race runs out the leader generally does not catch the back of the field, so that puts a premium on being the leader that doesn't necessarily ever have a chance to wash back out, so starting on the pole here, among many other races, but here specifically is a significant advantage."
