Kyle Busch responds to Corey LaJoie incident at Pocono: ‘Payback’s coming’

Kyle Busch didn’t mince words when he joined ESPN’s Pat McAfee Show Friday afternoon, especially when it came to last Sunday’s incident with Corey LaJoie at Pocono Raceway.

Busch, driver of the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, spun during last weekend’s Great American Getaway 400 after Corey LaJoie’s No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevy nudged into him, causing Busch to slide through the infield and collect AJ Allmendinger, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and others in the process. Busch’s eventual DNF was his fifth of the last seven Cup races.

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“He (LaJoie) texted me and, and then he called me,” Busch said to McAfee. “I didn’t even reach back out because he changed his story four times, so I’m like, you’re just a liar. You wrecked me. Like, I get it. It’s fine, whatever. Payback’s coming.”

LaJoie, who said following Sunday’s race he “was not gonna say sorry” about the wreck, discussed the incident further on his recent podcast episode of Stacking Pennies.

“As I tried to replay it back, and I wish I had done my interview with replays before I said anything because I didn’t know, I probably am more remorseful, is the right word, but I do feel bad even for Kyle,” LaJoie said during the podcast. “I don’t want to end his day. Randall Burnett (No. 8 crew chief), we’re buddies, I don’t want to wreck anybody’s day.”

Busch currently sits 102 points below the 16-driver elimination line with five regular-season races remaining. LaJoie, meanwhile, sits 229 points behind the same position.

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Busch, LaJoie and the rest of the Cup Series field will race this Sunday in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2:30 p.m. ET, NBC, IMS Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, NBC Sports App).