A week later, Busch still upset about Daytona crash

JOLIET, Ill. -- Tony Stewart said he and Kyle Busch are on the same page regarding the last lap crash at Daytona, but to hear Busch's comments Thursday at Chicagoland Speedway, they aren't even reading the same book.

'On same page'

Tony Stewart talked with Kyle Busch Thursday on the phone about their last-lap Daytona crash and hung up thinking there were no ill feelings.

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Busch managed to stifle much of any harbored anger left over from the wreck, but declared he was "dumped" by Stewart and that NASCAR should implement a rule to deter such actions; actions that he said are becoming all too common in restrictor plate racing at tracks such as Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.

Busch was leading the Coke Zero 400 and tried to block Stewart twice but on the second attempt Busch made contact with the front of Stewart's No. 14 machine sending the No. 18 hard into the wall allowing Stewart to take the win.

A week later, Busch attempted to take an apathetic position on the matter; initially at least.

"I really don't have feelings, so it really doesn't mean a whole lot. I thank him for I guess checking on me to see if I was alive," Busch said.

Stewart, who openly regretted how Saturday night's race ended, called Busch on Tuesday and said the two drivers shared, what he thought to be, an amicable 30-minute phone conversation.

From his words Friday, Busch's feelings may have changed since their conversation.

"If I'm ever second I normally finish second," he said. "If I'm leading I guess I'm getting wrecked. It seems to me like I don't know how to win restrictor plate races."

Busch went further to say that NASCAR should take action. (Continued)