Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch wreck cars in Las Vegas practice
Reporting from Las Vegas -- ¿¿Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch hit the wall during practice Saturday for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, forcing both to use backup cars for Sunday’s race.
The shift to backup cars also means Johnson and Busch will have to start the Kobalt Tools 400 at the rear of the 43-car field.
Johnson, the only four-time Cup series winner at Las Vegas, slammed into the Turn 2 wall after losing control on the 1.5-mile Las Vegas oval early in the final round of practice.
“Just trying to get all that I could,†said Johnson, the five-time Cup champion.
Busch, a Las Vegas native, scraped the wall during the first practice Saturday, bending the frame on his No. 18 Toyota.
“The car was extremely good. It is unfortunate,†said Jimmy Makar, vice president of racing operations for Busch’s team, Joe Gibbs Racing.
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