CONCORD, N.C. — Nearly three months after a crash at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 21 left him with a broken right leg and left foot, Kyle Busch climbed back into his No. 18 Toyota on Friday for his first practice laps.
As Busch sped around Charlotte Motor Speedway in preparation for Saturday’s All-Star race, after having missed the first 11 Sprint Cup races of the season, he was surrounded by 4,800 more linear feet of protective barriers along the interior and exterior walls of the 1.5-mile oval than had been there before 2014.
And that is, in part, because of Busch.